The Beauty And Challenges Of Being A Pastor's Kid

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog to y'all and it's called "The Beauty And Challenges Of Being A Pastor's Kid". I'm writing this blog for a number of reasons. First of all to let y'all know that pastor's kids are human just like us and deserve to be loved like any other kid. The fact is a lot of pastor's kids get or feel a lot of pressure from lots of people in and outside of the church. They meaning people in the congregation or outsiders of the church expect pastor's kids to sometimes be "perfect" which we know that's not possible. The only perfect individual is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The other thing that pastor's kids deal with is they're expected to be like their parents especially their dad. That's a lot for anyone especially pastor's kids to deal with. I want to share some names and examples of pastor's kids some names you may recognize and some names may surprise you. Here we go. Pop singers and actresses the Simpson sisters, (Jessica and Ashlee) known pop band The Jonas Brothers, (Kevin, Joe, and Nick) the late R&B artist Marvin Gaye, the late "Queen Of Soul" Aretha Franklin, the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, (gospel artist, business woman, and pastor) well known gospel artist Kierra Sheard, (daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard, niece of "The Clark Sisters," and granddaughter of the late Mattie-Moss Clark) gospel artist Tye Tribbet, Christian actress Erin Bethea, (she starred in "Fireproof") pastor, gospel artist, and actor Deitrick Haddon, (I wrote a previous blog about him) his second wife Pastor Dominique, Deitrick's ex-wife Damita (I wrote a blog about her) her second husband Reuben Chandler, former Christian artist now pop artist Katy Perry, as well as the protagonist Debrah Carson, her ex-husband Pastor David Harris, his second wife Pastor Diana and their kids as well too. (Side note Pastor Rudy Carson Sr Debrah's second husband didn't become a pastor until he was in his forties and his parents Pastor Henry and Pastor Sabrina didn't become pastors until they retired from their jobs when they were in their sixties. They were all adults when they got into the ministry.) Wow what a list and there's even more than that! These people I mentioned many of these names you may recognize and be surprised they are pastor's kids. The bottom line is they need love, grace, and understanding as do the rest of us. Isn't that what we all need don't we? Pastor's kids may deal with "church hurt" because of maybe how they saw people treat their parents in a horrible way in gossip or saw a "church split" which unfortunately happens more often than not. They may cause pastor's kids to question who they are, question God, and sadly cause them to pull away from God and church because of that. Perhaps some pastor's kids may have also grown up in a very legalistic church environment which may have affected them. Maybe they weren't encouraged to do sports, watch movies, listen to secular music, (side note secular music isn't wrong just be discerning what you listen to) not wear makeup or jewelry, women not allowed to wear pants just to name some examples. That can cause pastor's kids to not want anything to do with God possibly too. Most of all pastor's kids need their own relationship with the Lord which is the most important thing. We've all heard the old saying, "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to a garage make you a car". While many that I mentioned do have a relationship with the Lord some of them don't. Some of them are "prodigals" and it's important to pray that the Lord will woo them back to Him so they may live for Him. Just think if that was your kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews how you'd want people to pray for them so be in prayer for them. Of course there's pastor's kids who had positive experiences as a pastor's kid like the case of my character Debrah who's parents loved her and her sister Meleana and raised them to love the Lord and the church. Debrah herself grew up to be an associate pastor, Contemporary Christian artist, and author and her sister followed similar suit. Bottom line pray for pastor's kids as will I because they need it. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.






