a dose of PK-ism

Some of you might have noticed a change in my blog's name. When i first named it, i just named it something which didn't really mean anything, and i meant to come back and change it later, and i finally have!!

The new name "Life from the front pew" is to bring to attention the fact that i am a Pastor's kid. Even though i hate being labeled one, i figured for the sake of true and honest blogging then i may as well admitt to the fact that i am a PK.

I find it kinda funny. I've been trying to find some info on us PK's, but all i seem to get is really stink stories from Pastors and their kid's alike!! One story was from a Pastor who was approached by the Sunday School teacher, only to be told that his 5 year old son hadn't memorised enough bible verses considering 'who his father was'.

One story which breaks my heart, mostly because of the honesty of it goes something like this "You can't be yourself or let loose, because if someone sees you let loose and not being mature, they would tell the whole congregation about it! And I am not talking about letting loose to be dumb or ignorant — just being yourself and having fun. It is almost like being famous and not. I think the hardest part about being a PK is to know your Dad is not a normal father to you. Everyone else is more important to him." This was only highlighted with comment after comment of holidays cut short, special family outtings canceled, or birthdays being ruined because their Dad's had a dead person to tend to, or a baby to bless, or a marriage to make official.

What got me even more angry was the amount of forum's with postings such as 'why are PK's often embracing prostitution, cultism, etc.' and then people answering with things such as "I wonder why pastors children always want to destroy the image of their fathers. You ask me why? Most pastors children do involve themselves in bad habits such as cultism, prostitution, and so on. Though I'm not saying that those who are not pastors' children do not find themselves in these kind of bad habits. But it should not be found among pastors children." I seriusly want to slap the person who wrote that right in the face with a piece of what we go through!! Since when do 'most pk's' end up on the streets and worshipping satan?!?! ARGH!! That makes me so unbelievably angry!! And people who say PK's have 'sheltered lives'. Ha!! Do you really think we lead 'sheltered lives' when you see the type of people our fathers deal with??

Then there's the people that talk about how 'some pastors kids go to church but then go to parties during the week' or 'they respect their parents beliefs, but it seems like they don't'. Oh please!! Doesn't almost every teenager go through a stage of finding themselves?? I would like to ask the people commenting with such stupid ideas whether they went through a stage of finding out their own beliefs, instead of following their parents.

It really does anger me with the way people just brush off pastors kids. I think i have some serious praying to do!! Maybe God would have a better way of dealing with things other than wanting to slap those people with a dose of PK-ism