Hi,
Thanks for your lovely query.
Before I offer my personal favorite wedding vows, which I hope you
will like - you may want to browse through some of these resources:
Tips and valuable information on how to creat your own wedding vows:
"Most couple's feel that their love is truly unique, a special bond
between the two of them that no one else will ever experience in quite
the same way. They're right. Writing your own views can be an
intensely moving and intimate way to create a ceremony that truly
reflects the way you feel about each other.
Before you can effectively express your feelings, you'll need to
identify them. It's Important to talk to each other about your
marriage, discussing your beliefs, dreams, and expectations. Take
notes on this conversation and use it as the foundation for building
your own custom made vows. Once you identify the things that are the
most important to you, then you can decide how best to express them"
http://www.ultimatewedding.com/articles/index.php?action=section&sec=37/
Bible Verses suitable for wedding vows can be found here:
http://www.dfwx.com/bible.html
Romatic verses that can be quoted:
http://www.wedthemes.com/wedding-vows-poems/romanticquotes.shtml
Writing Your Own Wedding Vows in 6 Easy Steps. This ultimate guide is
ideal for starting out on the task of writing Wedding Vows:
"Make sure that everyone is on the same page. Talk to your future
spouse and your officiant and make sure everyone is okay with
personalized wedding vows. Some religions require that you use the
traditional wording, while others will allow you to write your own, as
long as you include certain phrases. You'll also want to make sure
that your sweetheart also wants to do it. While you're at it, decide
together whether you want to write one wedding vow that you will both
say, or whether you want to write individually."
http://weddings.about.com/od/yourweddingceremony/a/PersonalizeVows.htm
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I, [Groom's name], take you [Bride's name], to be my wife, my partner
in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God
I, [Bride's name], take you [Groom's name], to be my husband, my
partner in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today,
tomorrow, and forever
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God
In unison:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you,
For where you go I will go,
and where you stay I will stay
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried.
May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.
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[Bride's name], please face [Groom's name], and hold his hands,
palms up, so you may see the gift that they are to you.
These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and vibrant
with love, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as he promises
to love you all the days of his life.
These are the hands that will work along side yours, as together you
build your future, as you laugh and cry, as you share your innermost
secrets and dreams.
These are the hands you will place with expectant joy against your
stomach, until he too, feels his child stir within you.
These are the hands that look so large and strong, yet will be so
gentle as he holds your baby for the first time.
These are the hands that will work long hours for you and your new family
These are that hands that will passionately love you and cherish you
through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.
These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your
eyes: tears of sorrow and tears of joy
These are the hands that will comfort you in illness, and hold you
when fear or grief wrack your mind.
These are the hands that will tenderly lift your chin and brush your
cheek as they raise your face to look into his eyes: eyes that are
filled completely with his overwhelming love and desire for you.
[Groom's name], please hold [Bride's name]?s hands, palms up, where
you may see the gift that they are to you. These are the hands of your
best friend, smooth, young and carefree, that are holding yours on
your wedding day, as she pledges her love and commitment to you all
the days of her life.
These are the hands that will hold each child in tender love, soothing
them through illness and hurt, supporting and encouraging them along
the way, and knowing when it is time to let go
These are the hands that will massage tension from you neck and back
in the evenings after you?ve both had a long hard day.
These are the hands that will hold you tight as you struggle through
difficult times
These are the hands that will comfort you when you are sick, or
console you when you are grieving.
They are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you
through the years, for a lifetime of happiness.
These are the hands that will hold you in joy and excitement and hope,
each time she tells you that you are to have another child, that
together you have created a new life.
These are the hands that will give you support as she encourages you
to chase down your dreams. Together as a team, everything you wish for
can be realized.
Minister:
God, bless these hands that you see before you this day. May they
always be held by one another. Give them the strength to hold on
during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. Keep them
tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love.
Help these hands to continue building a relationship founded in your
grace, rich in caring, and devoted in reaching for your perfection.
May [Groom's name] and [Bride's name] see their four hands as healer,
protector, shelter and guide. We ask this in your name, Amen.
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(Her)
I vow to make a home with you
To live a life with you and be a part of you
I vow to create a life you will cherish
I vow to inspire a love for love and life
I vow to be your love, your soul mate, and your wife
This I vow until forever is just a memory in eternity
And eternity has disappeared in to infinity
(Him)
And I vow to make a home with you
To live a life with you and be a part of you
I vow to create a life you will cherish
I vow to inspire a love for love and life
I vow to be your love, your soul mate, and your husband
This I vow until forever is just a memory in eternity
And eternity has disappeared in to infinity
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I, (Bride's Name), take (you/thee), (Groom's Name), to be my [opt:
lawfully wedded] husband, secure in the knowledge that you will be my
constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love.
On this special [opt: and holy] day, I (affirm/reaffirm/give) to you
in the presence of God and (all those in attendance/these witnesses)
my (pledge/sacred promise) to stay by your side as your [opt:
faithful] wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as
well as through the good times and the bad.
I (promise/further promise) to love you without reservation, comfort
you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve (higher/all of
your) goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind
and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as
long as we both shall live.
I, (Groom's Name), take (you/thee), (Bride's Name), to be my [opt:
lawfully wedded] wife, knowing in my heart that you will be my
constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love. On
this special [opt: and holy] day, I (affirm/reaffirm/give) to you in
the presence of God and (all those in attendance/these witnesses) my
(pledge/sacred promise) to stay by your side as your [opt: faithful]
husband in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as
through the good times and the bad.
I (promise/further promise) to love you without reservation, honor and
respect you, provide for your needs as best I can, protect you from
harm, comfort you in times of distress, grow with you in mind and
spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as
long as we both shall live.
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Whatever lies ahead, good or bad, we will face together. Distance may
test us for a time, and time may try us. But if we look to each other
first, we will always see a friend. (Name), look to me for all the
days to come; today I take my place as your (husband/wife).
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I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more
than you can give.
I promise to accept you the way you are.
I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on
life that you have,
and won't try to reshape you in a different image.
I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, desires, and needs,
and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less
important than my own.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the
window of my personal
world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change
in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all
I have to give
and all I feel inside in the only way I know how... completely and forever
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