Renewing Your Wedding Vows
Renewal of wedding vows are usually held on the couples wedding anniversary date. It may be a mid-week evening wedding at the home, as formal or as causal as you wish.
If you have the original vows of your wedding, these can be used or incorporated in the renewal ceremony. A license is not required. Renewal ceremonies are also used as an occasion when a married couple "upgrade" their wedding rings now that they can afford to do so. A renewal of wedding vows ceremony is an excellent opportunity to involve the children. Few things rekindle a marriage more than like the renewal of your marriage vows!.
Samples of marriage renewal vows to inspire you.....
My dearest ___, it was XX years ago that we first pledged our commitment to one another, but it seems like just yesterday that I was standing across from my beautiful bride/handsome groom. We have been through a lot together - laughter and tears, joy and sorrow - and through all those times, I can honestly say, I loved you every step of the way. Today, I want to renew those vows and again pledge my love and life to you. I promise to be there for you in sickness and health, in middle and old age, in good and bad hair days. Whether you feel thin, fat, beautiful, ugly, fit and trim, or out of shape I will always think that you are perfect - perfect for me. I am here to be your supporter, your confidant, and your best friend. You are my (nickname or other). I have been blessed for the last XX years and am thrilled that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you.
You have changed since then. I have changed, and the world around us has changed most of all. But one thing has not changed. XX years ago, I promised to love you, to give of my best to you, to cherish and keep you no matter what else happened. I have not always lived up to my best intentions but I have always loved you. I still love you. I love you more now than I did then because I know you better now. And I've matured: the sharp edges of youth have mellowed, increasing my capacity for, and my pleasure in love. We've watched our babies grow up and become independent. We've moved, we've had successes and setbacks we've weathered a good many storms. Some of the things we worried about turned out not to matter at all. What really mattered was our love. The one constant in our lives has grown stronger and I thank you now for the joy you've given me during these XX years together. It is with a glad heart that I renew my original wedding vows. I still promise to love you, honor you, cherish and keep you. I continue to want you, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. Whatever the future may hold for us, we will always have our love. It is enough.
XX years ago, I pledged my loyalty to you, (name), as your wedded husband/wife, to live together after God's ordinance, in the holy estate of matrimony. I promised to love you, comfort you, honor and keep you, in sickness and in health. I further promised that, forsaking all others, I would keep myself only unto you, so long as we both shall live. During these XX years, I have been faithful to that pledge. Now, again, at the beginning of the XX year of our life together, in the presence of God, in the presence of our family, and in the presence of friends who have gathered for this happy occasion, I renew these vows, pledging myself to continue my devotion to you as long as we both shall live.
