ceremony readings

twixinthemix

Hi all!  I'm usually a lurker and respond to questions here and there, but I have a question that makes the most sense to all you lovely ladies.  What readings are you doing for your ceremony?  We're looking to do two, one from the Bible and one from somewhere else.  I'd love to hear what you are doing!

katanne9

We had the following 2:

Reading of Colossians 3:12-17

12Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.





Reading of Frederick Buechner excerpt

“They say they will love, comfort, honor each other to the end of their days. They say they will cherish each other and be faithful to  each other always. They say they will do these things not just when they feel like it, but even -- for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health -- when they don’t feel like it at all. In other words, the vows they make could hardly be more extravagant. They give away their freedom. They take on themselves each other’s burdens. They bind their lives together... The question is, what do they get in return? “They get each other in return... There will always be the other to talk to, to listen to... There is still someone to get through the night with, to wake into the new day beside. If they have children,they can give them, as well as each other, roots and wings. If they don’t have children, they each become the other’s child.“They both still have their lives apart as well as a life together. They both still have their separate ways to find. But a marriage made in heaven is one where a man and a woman become more richly themselves together than the chances are either of them could ever have managed to become alone.” -- Frederick Buechner

iamjoesgurl

We had Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 and I Corinthians 13 (how original!).  We had my sister talk about the meaning of the Ecclesiastes scripture for us and how as three (Jesus, DH and me), we will be stronger than each of the two of us on our own.  We were supposed to also do a God's Knot, but I forgot to ask my Mom where it was and when it came to that part of the ceremony, I had no idea so we skipped it.