The Heavenly Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona create a serene setting for the most important day---and commitment--of your life
Reaffirmation
Are you choosing to reaffirm your love and partnership?
Friends, we are gathered together in the sight of God to witness the reaffirmation of the marriage covenant, which was established by God, who created us male and female for each other. With His presence and power, Jesus graced a wedding at Canaan of Galilee, and in His sacrificial love gave us the example for the love of husband and wife.
I charge you both, as you stand in the presence of God, before whom the secrets of all hearts are disclosed, that having duly considered the holy covenant you are about to make, you do now declare before this company your pledge of faith, each to the other. Be well assured that if these solemn vows are faithfully kept, as God’s Word demands, and if steadfastly you endeavor to do the will of your heavenly Father, God will bless your marriage, will grant you fulfillment in it, and will establish your home in peace.
Having the Mind of Christ
Jonathan and Marianne, if you have the mind of Christ, and if you choose to include him in the renewal of this convent, and in so doing, you will come to believe, and to know that:
- Love is patient.
- Love is kind.
- It does not envy.
- It does not boast, it is not proud.
- It is not rude
- It is not self-seeking
- It is not easily angered
- It keeps no record of wrongs.
- Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
- It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves.