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Real love in marriage is something beyond warmth and glow, the excitement and romance of being deeply in love. It is caring as much about the welfare and happiness of your husband or your wife – as about your own. But real love is not being absorbed in each other – but rather looking outward in the same direction together. |
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Love is the reason why this day was chosen by you both to begin your lives together and love is the reason why you both will give with all your hearts for the good of each other. Love is the reason why together you will become one, one in hope, one in believing in life and one in sharing the coming years. |
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When thoughts take wings and a wedding ring encircles all our dreams, and love abounds – above and around – enriching all our schemes. We plan together all our lives to make our dreams come true – when love is there, a smile, a prayer, a hug, a kiss will do, and then together hand in hand we go with love we’ve won – and you will see – the you and me, that once were two – are now most happily one. |
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Love is always patient and kind, it is never jealous, love is never boastful or conceited, it is never selfish or rude. It does not take offence, nor is it resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other peoples faults but delights in the truth. It is always ready to trust and to hope – true love never comes to an end. |
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When two lives become one love blossoms like a flower growing evermore precious and more beautiful with every moment shared. May this be the start of a happy new life which is full of sweet memories to share. May this be the first of your dreams coming true and of hope that will always be there. May this be the start of a lifetime of trust and of caring that’s just now begun, may today be a day that you’ll always remember the day when your hearts become one. |
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Love puts the music in laughter and the beauty in a song, the warmth in a shoulder, the gentle in strong. Love puts the magic in memories, the sunshine in skies, the gladness in giving and the starlight in eyes. Love puts the fun in being together and the sad in apart, the hope in tomorrow and the joy in the heart. |
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We will not wish you joy on this great day, for joy is in your hearts and goes with you along the fragrant, mystic sunlit way. We will not wish you joy while love is new. But this is our wish..to shelter love and keep it safe from harm. When winds blow high and roads are steep and rough, may you protect your love, preserve its charm. When days are dark may love be your sure light. When days are cold may love be your right fire – your guiding star when hope is out of sight. The essence and sun of your desire. May love be with you through the flight of years. Then after storms there will always be calm. Though you may have cause for heartache and for tears despair lasts not when love is there for balm. This be the hope we breathe for you today. When you have reached the summit of lives hill may it be possible for you to say "Married long years but we are lovers still" |
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You were born together and together you shall be evermore You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days You shall be together even in the silent memory of God But let there be spaces in your togetherness And let the winds of heaven dance between you Love one another but make not a bond of love Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls Fill each others cup but drink not from one cup Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf Sing and dance together and be joyous But let each one of you be alone Even as the stings of the lute are alone, though they quiver with the same music Give your hearts but not into each others keeping For only the hand of life can contain your hearts And stand together yet not too near together For the pillars of the temple stand apart And the oak tree and the cypress grow not into each others shadow |
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There is no greater happiness than that of sharing
life With all its joys and all its cares as a loving husband and a wife For love gives life new meaning and has a special way Of growing stronger, and deeper with every passing day Yes life is so much happier and brighter when you’re sharing The very special joy that comes with loving and giving and caring |
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If the key to love equals marriage then marriage must
equal love, and if two are caring as they’re sharing lives hopes
and fears. If the music of laughter outweighs the sadness of tears,
then marriage equals togetherness. If both derive pleasure from the
mere presence of each other, yet no jealousies restrict, worry or
smother, then marriage equals freedom. If achievements mean more when
they benefit two, and consideration is shown with each point of view
then marriage equals respect. And if togetherness, freedom and respect are combined with a joy that words can never fully define – marriage surely equals love |
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If you can love each other through the sunshine and
the storm And keep the flame of true devotion glowing bright and warm If you can give each other room to grow and change and learn Yet still hold one another close in mutual concern If you can be both lovers and the very best of friends And face together hand in hand the challenges life sends If you can offer patience, comfort and real understanding Encourage one anothers efforts yet be understanding If you can show true love and faith in everything you do Then married life will surely hold much joy for both of you |
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May you always have friendship as well as passion, Solitude as well as togetherness Laughter as well as wisdom And love that grows deeper with the seasons of life |
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Love is slow to lose patience – it looks for ways of being constructive. It is not possessive, it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary – it is glad when truth prevails. Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of hope, it can outlast anything. It is in fact the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen. In this life we have three great lasting qualities – faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love. |
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A friend is one of the nicest things that you can have, and one of the best things that you can be. A friend is the one thing who will always be beside you – through all the laughter and through each tear. A friend is the one thing that you can always rely on, the someone you can always open up to. A friend is a sanctuary, a friend is a smile, a friend is a hand that is always holding yours – no matter where you are. |
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Let me give you my hand – may it ever be there
for you |
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It is often said that it is love that makes the world go around. However without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel. True friendship provides so many of the essentials for a happy life – it is the foundation on which to build an enduring relationship, it is the mortar which bonds us together in harmony, and it is the calm, warm protection we sometimes need when the world outside seems cold and chaotic. True friendship holds a mirror to our foibles and failings, without destroying our sense of worthiness. True friendship nurtures our hopes, supports us in our disappointments, and encourages us to grow to our best potential. ……………. And …………….. came together as friends, have become good friends and today they pledge not only their love, but also the strength, warmth and most importantly the joy of being best friends who will love each other forever. |
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