One of the sweet fellowship opportunities that I believe many couples miss out on is morning coffee together. Each morning \u2013 and yes, we\u2019re talking about seven days a week \u2013 my amazing husband brings me coffee in bed. While he is down the hall lovingly stirring in the homemade dark chocolate cocoa mix, I prop up the pillows and make the bed ready for him to slip back in and share our morning fellowship time.<\/p>\n
On weekdays, there is no practical reason why I should wake up two hours earlier than necessary for me to get ready for work. But God has asked me to fellowship with my husband, so we wake up and start our day together in the Lord \u2013 365 days a year. Paul tells the Ephesians in 5:25 \u201cHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her \u2026\u201d It is my firm belief that this practice of morning fellowship time together falls under that instruction.<\/p>\n
I will acknowledge that since our children are grown and gone, this is more easily accomplished by us these days than by couples with small children. It can, however,\u00a0be done by couples with children \u2013 if not every day, then at least a few days a week. Couples who make this\u00a0\u201ctogetherness\u201d a habit can adapt and modify the fellowship time to fit into their family life and schedule. When your children are grown and gone, you will have established a practice that can then be made a 365-day-a-year blessing!<\/p>\n
Work schedules may interfere with morning fellowship together. If that is your situation, find another time of day that you can share each other’s company.<\/p>\n
And if you don\u2019t drink coffee, there\u2019s always tea! Sharing fellowship time at the beginning of the day \u2013 before work and chores and ministry service, etc.\u00a0begin filling our minutes and hours\u00a0\u2013 not only helps strengthen the Christian marriage, but it sends us out into the rest of the day better equipped to handle everything that life throws at us!<\/p>\n
Make a practice of daily fellowship as a couple \u2013 you will be blessed beyond measure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the sweet fellowship opportunities that I believe many couples miss out on is morning coffee together. Each morning …