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My mother once related a story to me about my older brother, who was preparing to propose to his girlfriend (now his wife). He had just a lingering bit of hesitancy because he “wasn’t sure if he was ready to give up the single life.” This seemed ridiculous to my mom, since she knew my brother wasn’t going around clubbing or having a wild time, but I understood immediately what he meant.

Last week we spoke about the role children play in our journey of discipleship and our growth in self-giving love—at least, for those with a vocation to marriage. In our individualistic culture, which values autonomy over almost everything else, it’s a hard sell to get someone to commit to loving one other person unconditionally and sacrificially, but being “in love” with that person can serve as a motivating factor.

I’ve been speaking about the vocation of marriage over the last couple weeks, and in particular I’ve highlighted how each vocation of marriage is actually a vocation of being married to a specific person.