Ecclesiastes
chapter 3 verse 1 says, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every
purpose under heaven.” God has chosen this time to join together Joseph and
Renee so that they may share the rest of their natural lives.
As we stand
before God, friends, and family, Joseph & Renee make public their
commitment to one another. They wish to make it known that they recognize God’s
authority over their lives which is exercised from His loving heart.
I
Corinthians 13 verses 4-7 tell us, “Love suffers long and is kind; love
does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does
not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” I John 4
verse 16 declares, “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and
God in him.”
Today we
celebrate and share in the glorious act by which Joseph’s and Renee’s love for
each other is converted into the holy and sacred bonds of marriage.
Will you
please, as an expression that your hearts are united in love, now join hands.
Joseph, do
you take Renee to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage, do you
promise to love her, comfort her, honor her, keep her, for better or worse, for
richer or poorer, in sickness and in health and forsaking all others, be
faithful only to her, so long as you both shall live?
(I do.)
The ring
please. (Joseph places ring on Renee’s left hand.)
Renee, do
you take Joseph to be your wedded husband, to live together in marriage, do you
promise to love him, comfort him, honor him, keep him, for better or worse, for
richer or poorer, in sickness and in health and forsaking all others, be faithful only to him, so long as you both
shall live?
(I do.)
The ring
please. (Renee places ring on Joseph’s left hand.)
As you have
now each vowed to the other your lifelong commitment, love, and devotion, and
have exchanged rings as symbols of that commitment, I now pronounce you husband
and wife. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.
(we kiss)
Ladies and
Gentlemen, I present to you Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Archer. 
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