Using Faith As a Guide to Writing Your Wedding Vows
submitted: 2008-04-08 06:26:00 |
by: TylerReese
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Writing your own wedding vows using your faith as a guide can add more meaning to them. After all your commitment to one another is in body, mind and soul. Your wedding vows echo your unwavering commitment to a love shared with the one person who will be witness to your life.
To pledge your love and caring, no matter what your future may hold in store for you both, is the one message your wedding vows should contain no matter what religious background and practices you may have.
A couple may enlist the help of their religious leader when writing their vows and although there may be variations in the various ceremonies, reference to their beliefs will come through.
In a Jewish wedding, the vows are given when the couple exchange rings. Generally the vows will take on a meaning of commitment to the laws and faith of Israel.
Sitting apart from one another, sometimes in separate rooms, a Muslim bride and groom share their wedding vows by answering 'yes' three times when asked by the officiate if they commit to each other.
At the heart of Buddhist wedding vows is meditation and contemplation. The couple share their love, dedication and future hopes based on their shared beliefs. There is pledge to help each other develop their hearts and minds while growing in dharma.
A couple with different religious beliefs may choose to write non-denominational wedding vows, omitting any mention of a higher power so as to avoid conflict. These vows will however generally take on traditional sentiment of commitment to one another.
Planning your wedding, finding the perfect dress and wedding cake and worrying about who should sit next to who, pales in comparison to sharing your commitment to each other through your vows. Focus on this and your wedding will be everything you could dream of.
Writing your wedding vows can be a truly spiritually uplifting process. Whether you choose traditional vows of your faith as a basis for writing yours or write them from scratch using your own true feelings as inspiration, always bare in mind that you are promising to love, honor, and appreciate each other for the rest of your lives.
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