Recipe for Life

A recipe can be a guide,

To figuring out what works.

The path that’s sometimes winding,

Facing challenges that will lurk.

A recipe can be a secret,

For us to figure out.

The greatest lessons are often learned,

When we are left without.

A recipe can be a tradition,

Given from old to young,

The passing of our family,

And the beginning of our own.

A recipe can be a reference,

Like God’s Word is for life.

To seek direction when times are hard,

Finding strength in every strife.

A recipe is a beginning,

No need to start from scratch.

So much support around you,

Encouraging this precious match.

A recipe is a lot like marriage,

A mixture of lots into one.

While sometime it’ll be hard,

Don’t forget it’s also fun.

A recipe can be a gift,

Given with love for others.

For love’s the greatest gift of all,

From Sisters, Dads and Mothers.

For Spencer and Shelby 
to celebrate their marriage... 5/15/10