"Fall" in LOVE

This was a beautiful fall day, in the park, for a couple who has overcome MANY obstacles! I was very honored they asked me to be apart of their special day! 

Here is their ceremony:

We are gathered here on this special day to witness the unification of two families. This is a special time of celebration that 💙 and 🩷 will always remember. Not just because they are finally getting married, but it is also Mom’s birthday and the 5 year anniversary of 💙 and 🩷’ first date. 💙 had to become a big quitter (smoking gesture) inorder for 🩷 to agree to marry him. Thank God he did, or we wouldn’t be standing here today. 

Let us pray. Father, thank you for the beautiful gift of marriage. We thank you that you’ve made this husband and wife one flesh. We pray for supernatural protection over this marriage. Let nothing tear apart this union you’ve created. Any differences they have, help 💙 and 🩷 to celebrate them. We pray against fear, discontentment, anger, insecurity and anything else that would try to seep into this marriage. Help them to be kind towards one another. Keep them on the same page in life, unified in mind and spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen. 

A marriage is a big deal. It is a lifetime commitment. It is also one of the most beautiful, universal blessings. A marriage is a promise to not only each other, but to your families. Family of 💙 and 🩷, do you promise to help guide them towards each other in dark times?

*Family answers*

Friends of 💙 and 🩷, do you promise to support them in times of love and sorrow?

*Friends answer*

A reading of “A Vow” by Wendy Cope. I cannot promise never to be angry. I cannot promise always to be kind. You know what you are taking on, my darling. It’s only at the start that love is blind. And yet I’m still the one you want to be with, and you’re the one for me, of that I’m sure. 

💙, please repeat after me. 🩷, I will choose you, even when you make me mad. My love for you will not fade simply because we are angry. I know we will fight, we will be frustrated, we will be human. Still I will go to battle for you. Still, I will choose you. I will choose you again, and will keep choosing you every single day. I love you. 

🩷, please repeat after me. 💙, I will choose you, even when you make me mad. My love for you will not fade simply because we are angry. I know we will fight, we will be frustrated, we will be human. Still I will go to battle for you. Still, I will choose you. I will choose you again, and will keep choosing you every single day. I love you. 

At this time please take out the rings you have for each other, and place them on each other’s hand. For these rings will be a visible sign of the vows you have made. The hand you place this ring on will not stay the same. In time, wrinkles will form, calluses will come and go, and different scars may appear. Not only will each of you change physically over time, but internally you will change as well. Your ideals, values, hopes may evolve. Things that are important to you today may not be the same over time. In 10, 20, 30 years you will change, but your rings, which represent your vows, will be constant. The promises to love, cherish, and respect one another no matter what life brings or what paths you take will always be worn around your finger. Your love will be constant as you walk together into the unknown. Your rings and your vows will cling to your finger and hold you together no matter what may come. 

Therefore what God has joined together let no one separate. Mark 10:9

You decided on forever and I now pronounce you husband and wife.

💙, you may kiss your bride.