Why it's not always wise to listen to your mentor

One of the danger I've found in blogging is the tendency to get negative and cynical.  I feel I've demonstrated too much of that each lately, so I decided that today I'd share one of my favorite jokes.

There was a single pastor who was seeing a couple of young ladies.  Sara was a real beauty, with a model's figure and the face of an angel.  However, she didn't have any readily apparent talents.  Gwennie on the other hand was rather plain looking but could sing like a nightingale and could play both the piano and organ.

The pastor was thinking that he needed to settle down and take wife, but he was having trouble deciding between the two women.  So he went to older pastor who had served as his mentor for a number of year.  After explaining the situation to him, his mentor told him, "Marry the one with all the talent, she'll be a great help in your ministry."  He took that advise and soon found himself wed.

On his wedding night, he lay in bed waiting for his bride to come out of the bathroom.  The door swung open and she stepped out her hair rolled up in curlers, night cream covering her face and wear a long flannel nightgown.  The young pastor looked at his new wife and said, "Sing, Gwennie, sing."

Comments

[John]

Even at this stage, I'm careful not to regard my wife as "cheap church labor." I keep in mind what my DS said to me at our first meeting "You are a husband first and a pastor second." My wife wanted to kiss him.

[John B]

John, you're a wiser man than me, just last night I volunteered my wife to make a salad for a funeral.

I thank God she's understanding and so willing to help me. I tell her often that I'm lucky to be married to her, because nobody else would put up with me.

[Pastor Dan]

I remember one afternoon, early in my ministry, when my wife and I were standing in the kitchen having one of those "husband and wife discussions." I immediately went into counsel mode. "What you need," I started. But my wife finished the sentence. "What I don't need right now, "she said, "is a pastor." "What I need is a husband." I got the message and learned the lesson ...! And life is good!

[gavin]

i'm glad my future is much smarter than i.