This blog post may be the first of a series of posts I write concerning the secret thoughts of a pastor's wife. On the scale of "scandalous-ness", these confessions are quite mild. But on the scale of "that's not how a pastor's wife is supposed to think and act", they might be off the chart.
I'm working on a decorating project that has my full attention and delight. I told Troy last night that I really wanted to just stay home from church and work on it all day. This was after we had stayed up a little late and watched a movie. He told me to do just that....take a Sunday off from church...enjoy a craft day. I told him I couldn't.
But I should have.
I was SO tired this morning. I was having a not-so-perfect hair day. I was cold. I had forgotten my huge travel mug of coffee at home (which added to the sleepiness). And I had a really annoying hole in my sock.
I was miserable.
I struggled to stay awake during the sermon (even though it was a good, thought provoking message). I couldn't put two words together to verbally complete thoughts and I was really not good company.
But here is the most embarrassing confession: I hid in the bathroom stall after church services today until everyone had left the bathroom so that I wouldn't have to talk to anyone.
It wasn't that I didn't want to visit. I just literally was having a hard time focusing and forming words. It was just too hard. So I played the avoidance card.
So, the next time you stop your pastor's wife at church to talk to her and she seems a little less than jovial, please extend her some grace. She's human and she probably should have just stayed at home. :)
