Offer your bodies as living sacrifices. —Romans 12:1 The Creator built sacrifice into the equation of love and then demonstrated it in his own plan of redemption. His Son was eternity’s future laid on the altar. The Father loved the world and expressed it by sacrifice. We must follow the divine example. Love that is not underwritten by sacrifice is too cheap to trust. When we lay down our own pride, reputation, wishes, viewpoints, and preferences in deference for our spouse, we prove the depth of