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This ceremony may seem long in
written form but it only takes about 12 minutes.
Below you will find the text of the spiritual vow
renewal ceremony. The service is by Rev. John
Souter.
- Introduction
Good relationships never stop growing. Like fine
wine, they get better with age. CHRIS and
KELLEY, you have now been married ____ years and
through all the years of your journey together,
you have now come to Maui, to this beautiful
setting, so that you could renew your vow and
commitment of love for each other.
God invented marriage. He created it because He
looked into the future and saw what your needs
and your desires would later be for
companionship, love and fulfillment. But God
also knew that no marriage would ever be
perfect. As you continue in this union, you
already know that it will continue to take a lot
of love AND work to keep your relationship an
ongoing success.
Many couples tend to think of marriage as a
50/50 proposition. Actually, the best
relationships are 90/10. If you both will give
90%—you will have a formula likely to continue
to bring both of you happiness for a lifetime.
The Bible & Marriage
The best manual ever written on the subject of
marriage . . . is the Bible. Here are a few of
the things that God has to say about marriage:
"Each man should have his own wife, and each
woman should have her own husband... A man
leaves his father and mother and is joined to
his wife, and the two are united into one. Since
they are no longer two but one, let no one
separate them, for God has joined them together.
"Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to
one another in marriage. Husbands ought to love
their wives as they love their own bodies...
Each man must love his wife as he loves himself,
and the wife must respect her husband."
(1 Cor. 7:2; Matt. 19:5-6; Heb. 13:4; Eph.
5:28,33)
1 Corinthians 13
- Love is a verb. It is not
just a state of being but an ACTION verb. It is
not just how you feel about each other, but what
you DO for each other that will keep your
relationship growing and alive. The Bible has a
lot to say about love. Let me read 1 Corinthians
13 from The Living Bible:
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"Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or
envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty
or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own
way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not
hold grudges and will hardly even notice when
others do it wrong. It is never glad about
injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
- "If you love someone you will
be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You
will always believe in him, always expect the
best of him, and always stand your ground in
defending him."
KELLEY and CHRIS, in the Hawaiian language there
is a term that describes how couples should
treat one another: Ho'oponopono, which means:
"to put things right . . . by family
discussion."
- In other words, don't let the
sun set on your anger. Talk your problems out.
Make things right with each other quickly each
day, before the sun disappears. That's the best
way to keep small misunderstandings from growing
into problems that can break down your
relationship.
Marriage is more than a contract. It is a
commitment to take your joy deeper than
happiness, deeper into the discovery of who you
really are. It is a journey to a life of
becoming. Marriage is even deeper than
commitment. It is a covenant—a covenant that
says: I love you. I trust you. I will be here
for you when you are hurting. And when I am
hurting, I will not leave. . . Marriage is
intended to provide a sanctuary safe enough to
risk loving, to risk fully living and risk
sharing from the center of yourself. Expect the
best from your lover and you can transform your
home into a castle where love thrives.
Sandburg's Poem
- While marriages are founded
and built upon love, emotions are often fickle.
Poet Carl Sandburg captured the essence of a
love which can stand the test of time when he
wrote:
"I love you. I love you for what you are, but I
love you yet more for what you are going to be.
I love you not so much for your realities as for
your ideals. I pray for your desires, that they
may be great, rather than for your
satisfactions, which may be so hazardously
little. -
"A satisfied flower is one whose petals are
about to fall. But the most beautiful rose is
one, hardly more than a bud, wherein the pangs
and ecstasies of desire are working for larger
and finer growth. Not always shall you be what
you are now. You are going forward toward
something great. I am on the way with you and .
. I love you."
His Vows
CHRIS, please take the lei and place it around
KELLEY 's neck. Let these pretty & fragrant
flowers that you have placed upon KELLEY remind
you of the beautiful and fragile nature of your
relationship with her.
Is it your desire CHRIS, to continue to have
KELLEY as your wife, to live together according
to the Word of God? Will you continue to love
and cherish her, giving her assistance in all of
life's labors? Will you continue to be true to
her both in sickness and health, both when
things are going well and when there are
difficulties? And will you continue to be
faithful to her as long as you both shall live?
If so, you may answer, I WILL.
CHRIS, cherish KELLEY always, treating her as
your princess.
Her Vows
KELLEY, take this lei and place it around CHRIS
's neck. Let the beauty & fragrance of these
flowers which you are giving to CHRIS remind you
of this day when you have recommitted yourself
to him, to once again be his bride.
Is it your desire KELLEY, to continue to have
CHRIS as your husband, to live together
according to the Word of? Will you continue to
love him and submit to him in the Lord, and be
his helper in all that comes your way. Will you
continue to be true to him both in sickness and
health, both when things are going well and when
there are difficulties? And will you continue to
be faithful to him as long as both of you shall
live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.
KELLEY, cherish CHRIS always, treating him as
your prince.
Her Ring
- CHRIS, please touch the ring
that you gave to KELLEY when you were first
married, now symbolically re-giving it to her.
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That ring was subjected to tremendous heat so
that the waste could be removed and the metal
purified into a fit token of your commitment of
love. CHRIS, let this ring symbolize your
willingness to build your character through your
self-sacrificial love for KELLEY.
Holding KELLEY 's hand and looking into her
eyes, repeat after me as you make these vows to
her:
I CHRIS,
renew my commitment
to you KELLEY
as your lawfully wedded husband.
I will continue to love you
I will continue to cherish you.
I will continue to be true to you
No matter what comes;
Whether we become rich or poor
Whether there is sickness or health,
For as long as we both shall live,
And with this ring,
As a symbol of my love,
I now renew my vow
of marriage to you.
His Ring
KELLEY, place your fingers on the ring that you
gave to CHRIS when you were first married as you
symbolically re-give it to him.
That ring is a circle, which symbolizes
eternity—because a circle has no ending. KELLEY,
let the ring remind you always that you desire
your relationship with CHRIS to continue for a
lifetime. Repeat after me as you make these vows
to him:
I KELLEY,
renew my commitment
to you CHRIS
As your lawfully wedded wife.
I will continue to love you.
I will continue to cherish you.
I will continue to be true to you,
No matter what comes.
Whether we become rich or poor;
Whether there is sickness or health,
For as long as we both shall live,
And with this ring
As a symbol of my love,
I now renew my vow
of marriage to you.
Prayer
Proclamation
Now that you CHRIS and you KELLEY have openly
expressed your desire to remain united in the
covenant of marriage, and as you have given each
other these leis and symbolically re-given each
other rings to reconfirm your vows;
- I, John Souter, by the power
& authority granted to me as a minister of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ, do affirm before God,
that the two of you have today expressed your
desire to rekindle your love and passion and
renew your vow of marriage.
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From this moment on, let all know of your desire
to continue for a lifetime, as: Husband and
wife, in the name of the Father, and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
God has joined you together —let no one tear you
apart.
"May the Lord bless you and keep you; may His
face shine upon you; may He be gracious to you
and give you peace, forever."
You may kiss your bride.
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