Before he went to Heaven, Billy Graham told us in his autobiography that if he could do it again, he’d do two things differently. He’d refuse to be pressured into speaking so much and he’d spend more time with his wife and family.
Billy’s wife, Ruth, once was asked in an interview if during her marriage she ever thought about divorce? She replied with a wink and a nod, “Divorce? No. Murder? … well …”
When Charles Stanley, the legendary Southern Baptist pastor, author and leader of “In Touch” global ministries recently died at 90, millions mourned, paid tribute and also remembered the man and his marital woes. Those of us who lived in Atlanta where he served as pastor of First Baptist Church for nearly 50 years, experienced periodic reports of the challenges he and Anna faced.
One of my historical heroes of the faith, John Wesley, founder of Methodism, once had his wife so upset, she grabbed him by the hair and flung his Bible across the room. A pastor’s wife told us she did something similar with her husband’s cell phone!
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