Third, a man should be prepared for his vocation. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11:8–9, “For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.” A man not prepared for vocation is not prepared for marriage. As I often tell young men, women are expensive. This does not mean that a young husband needs to be in his final occupation before he marries, but he does need to have a sense of purpose, direction, and calling. A man in his second year of med school doesn’t have his practice yet, but he does have his direction.
