Love's Recipe, 1 Corinthians 1:1-7

"The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife."

I'm sharing something a little different for me today.  I wrote this poem a couple years ago for my husband around Valentines Day.  Our scripture passage today talks about how when we are married we submit our bodies to our spouse. I think that submission goes beyond just our bodies too.  In the good and bad of a marriage their is always two sides to every story.  There has to be give and take.

This poem talks about how a marriage is about remembering, forgetting, accepting, loving, forgiving and admitting.

Remembering

sacrifices that,
he always makes
for me.

Forgetting

if my deeds,
sometimes go
unseen.

Accepting
he loves,
parts of me
I don't.

Loving
parts of him,
other people
won't.

Forgiving
the words,
he's spoken
just to hurt.

Admitting
my words,to
coerce, conceal--
divert.

Neither one is blameless,
each one plays a part.
Love must be an action
coming from our heart.

Read today's passage at Biblegateway 1 Corinthians 7:1-7