Most fundamentally, marriage is not a convenient matchup of vocations, but a covenant that displays the love Jesus has for his church. Will God give my future spouse a similar calling to the calling he has given me? Should we expect marriage to be a harmonizing of vocational passions? The question is from a listener named Arielle. “Hello, Pastor John! As I look forward to marriage, Lord willing, I wonder if the partner God has for me, my future husband, will have a similar calling for God’s specific purposes. For example, will he give my husband the same level of desire I have for missions? Is that what God designed for marriages to be: a union of purpose? Or is this naïve? Are marriages more likely comprised of a husband and wife who are on their own individual trajectory with unique and different callings? In your pastoral experience, how does this normally work?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/is-a-similar-sense-of-calling-required-for-marriage Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john