What is it like being a pastor or a pastor’s wife?

What is it like to walk in your pastors’ shoes? Does being your pastor bring them joy? Or does it make them groan? Hebrews 13:17 (ESV) says, “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not aawith groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.” A few years ago, I contacted several pastors and their wives to learn about their joys and “groanings” and ask how their church members could best support and encourage them. I appreciated their candor when they shared how difficult it is for them to come alongside us in our struggles attempting to strike the right balan