Wait one year

When our son graduated from Bible College he knew he was called to be a pastor.  Shortly after graduation he got married and he promised his wife that he would not accept a pastorate for one year.  During that year he lived in his wife's home town and worked at a local lumber yard.  His heart was for ministry and almost exactly one year later (actually one day less than a year) he became a pastor of a small struggling northern Ontario church.  He understood the principle given in Deuteronomy 24 that if a man was to marry he was exempt from military service for one  year.  Being a pastor is not the same as being a soldier but the principle still applies.  More marriages could have a better start if this principle was practiced.  Ministry has its own set of concerns that a newly married couple maybe should avoid until their marriage is well grounded.  I know that it was the right thing for my son.