Every Call Day I pray for these men, that they may feel this way about their chosen avocation. I especially thank our Lord for the second-career men, as we have more and more of them, through the Holy Spirit's guidance. My dad was an LCMS Pastor and felt this way about those churches he served...so much that when he left each one he wrote long letters to them explaining how he made the choices to go where called. For quite some time, almost the whole of his last 25 years, he bemoaned the tendency for ministry to be approached as a "9-5 job" by newer Pastors. He saw this as a real catch-22:These men insulate themselves from being overworked or taken for granted, which is appropriate and healthy, - but at the same time their congregations feel less cared for, and some folks get cranky and critical because they feel rejected or ignored, even as they support the Pastor. They don't "feel" their Pastor's awed respect of a Calling by God, and thus don't respect it themselves as they should. Sometimes it's hard to find a balance because... humans. PS when they stop calling it a Divine Call Day? I guess I'm really old.