ALT-2 Ten Modern Marriage Vows
There are many different choices now as a new bride when it comes down to deciding whether to use prepared vows, or to come up with something entirely original to yourself as well as your future husband. Many modern brides have decided that it is much more affective and meaningful, to write personal vows. I have been facing this dilemma for just slightly over a year now. I have been in a serious relationship which will hopefully lead to marriage, as this is something we have openly discussed for quite some time. It is not that simple when you sit down and take a look at all of the events and timing you have to put into a wedding let alone have the time to sit down and truly think about what to put in your vows. Is it just much more simplistic to have something solid and already created right in front of you, or do you want to have a part of the ceremony to solely be devoted to how each of you feel? Thankfully there are many women who can turn to their friends and family to help them out. Here are a few of examples of what I have come up with so far in discovering the perfect wedding vows.
10. I am proud to marry you this day. I promise to wipe away your tears with my laughter and your pain with my caring and compassion. We will wipe out the old canvases of our lives and let God, with his amazing artistic talent, fill them with new color, harmony and beauty. I give myself to you completely, and I promise to love you always from this day forth.
9. From this day forward I promise you these things. I will laugh with you in times of joy and comfort you in times of sorrow. I will share in your dreams, and support you as you strive to achieve your goals.I will listen to you with compassion and understanding and speak to you with encouragement. I will help you when you need it, and step aside when you don't. I will remain faithful to you for better or for worse, in times of sickness or in health, for you are my best friend and I will always love and respect you.
8. I acknowledge my love for you and invite you to share my life as I hope to share yours. I promise to walk by your side, to love, help and encourage you. I vow to take time to share with you, to listen and to care. I will share your laughter and your tears as your partner, lover and your friend. I promise always to respect you and honor you as an individual and to be conscious of your needs. I shall seek through kindness and compassion to achieve with you the life we have planned together.
7. On this special day, I give to you in the presence of God and these witnesses my promise to stay by your side, in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad. I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve all you goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind and in spirit, always be open and honest with you and cherish you for as long as we both shall live.
6. I love you, and I thank the Lord for the love that has bound our hearts and lives together in spiritual fellowship of marriage. I will love, honor and cherish you always. As we enter upon the privileges and joys of life's most holy relationship, and begin together the great adventure of life. I will love you in sickness as in health, in poverty as in wealth, in sorrow as in joy, and will be true to you so long as we both shall live.
5. Let us be grateful for the capacity to see, feel, hear, and understand. Let us be grateful for this incredible gift of life. Let us be especially grateful for the ties of love which bind us together, giving dignity, meaning, worth and joy to all our days. This indeed a day which the Lord has made. Let us rejoice in it and be glad, and let us count our many blessings.
4. Our miracle lies in the path we have chosen together. I enter this marriage with you knowing that the true magic of love is not to avoid changes, but to navigate them successfully. Let us commit to the miracle of making each day work-together.
3.You are my once in a lifetime, my miracle. May our lives intermingle and our love grow as we become one. You are all I could ever need in my life, my friend, my lover, my everything. I promise to be faithful to you, to love you, honor you, live with you and cherish you, according to the commandments of God, in the holy bond of marriage.
2. I have enjoyed the time we've spent talking about what our different faiths mean to us. We have discovered much that we share in common. It is my prayer that the candles we have lit together today in unity will enlighten our path to the future. I promise to honor your traditions as I honor you.
1. It is the greatest desire for my heart to be faithful to you and love you always, seeking to meet your every need, desiring to help in every way, listening to you, encouraging you, comforting you and standing by your side in whatever circumstances may face us in the years ahead. I will respect you, honor you and strive for harmony in our marriage with a quiet and gentle spirit.
These are just a variety of different vows that I have thought of, and believe me when I say there are many many more. So when you are planning your wedding and you decide to write your own vows, remember don't stress it's not as hard as you may think!
