{"id":12645,"date":"2026-04-29T00:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/?p=12645"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:33:24","slug":"the-pastors-wife-was-expecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/the-pastors-wife-was-expecting\/","title":{"rendered":"The pastor\u2019s wife was expecting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBrothers and sisters,\u201d he said, \u201cas my family grows, I humbly ask for a small increase in my salary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After some discussion, the church agreed: every time the pastor welcomed a new child, his paycheck would grow too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seemed fair\u2014at first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But by the sixth baby, the treasurer nearly fainted. A meeting was called to discuss the pastor\u2019s ever-growing blessings\u2026 and budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voices rose. Opinions clashed. The room buzzed with debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue reading next page&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After an hour of listening, the pastor stood, raised his hand, and spoke calmly:<br>\u201cChildren are a gift from God,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we welcome every gift He sends.\u201d<br>Silence. The room held its breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, from the back pew, a frail old woman slowly stood, leaning on her cane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She cleared her throat and said, \u201cRain is a gift from God, too\u2026 but when there\u2019s too much of it, we wear rubbers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a moment\u2014nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the entire church burst out laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmen!\u201d they shouted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBrothers and sisters,\u201d he said, \u201cas my family grows, I humbly ask for a small increase in my salary.\u201d After&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12645"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13009,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645\/revisions\/13009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/menufiyat.net\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}