Friday, November 05, 2010

The Essence of Marriage

I am officiating a wedding tomorrow and am inspired to write a loving reminders to remind us all.
 

When we marry, we commit to love the good and forgive what is not.
When we marry, we choose to give the best we have to our beloved.
When we marry, we communicate our willingness to trust and freedom without limit.
When we marry, we change our selfish habits and give more for the sake of Giving.

When we marry, we learn to forgive all errors.
When we marry, we learn to appreciate the love we share.
When we marry we remember, it is in giving that we receive.
When we marry, we honor and celebrate our differences.

When we marry, we clarify our values, our goals and include the other’s vision with ours.
When we marry, we agree to disagree without fault or fear.
When we marry, we trust, respect and believe in the other for unified success.
When we marry, we look forward to a co-created future of harmony, health and happiness.

It is in sacred union, that we find the Love within us…the Love that never quits, the love that has no end.
It is in wedding that we come to realize the Spirit of Goodness and God within us.
It is in Holy matrimony that we know the gift of giving without seeking to get in return.
It is in the vows of marriage that we commit to share our whole selves in a life partnership.

This Divine Love, this Spiritual Love, transcends the body, the emotions and the personality. 
This Love heals. This Love forgives.  This Love grows.  This love reveals.
This Love withstands all storms  of lack, all disease, all forgetfulness and neglect.
This Love is the foundation for families, the uniter of communities., the bedrock for success in life.

Could you renew your vows?
Are you willing to be the one to begin?
Can you forgive your past and the other’s?
Are you open to completing what was and choosing what will be NOW?

Life gives us endless opportunities to learn to commit to Love.
Children, parents, partners and friends.
We can reject, judge abandon, divorce, leave, stop talking, neglect, ignore or hate, but the lesson remains.
We are here to Love without End.

Love is Real.
Love will prevail.
Love is our Essence and our Eternal Truth.
Why not begin today to simply love them all….no matter what!

Loving you,  

Betty Lue