day no. 15,067: keep the marriage bread pure

The word "companion" literally means "with bread" Our companions are the ones we regularly eat with. Malachi says this with specific reference to our spouses,

Malachi 2:14

She is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Marriages are meant to be lifelong endeavors in oneness. Paige and I have made it a habit to eat together in the evenings. Whatever our busy days entail, the question of where and what we'll be eating at the end of the day is always, already decided... together and whatever Paige prepares.

We are to eat with our wives. It helps reinforce our oneness. It puts into practice what is already true in principle. It lives out what is already our lives. It orients our livelihood around what is already our life in the sight of God: we are one, joined together by Him in covenant vows. Let no man, or meal time, separate what God has joined together. That is to say, do not let preference or indifference lead to a divided table.

All that to say, inasmuch as it depends upon you, have dinner every day with your wife.

One meal... one menu... one meal time.

One, one, one!