Wedding Ceremony Readings
At times, I feel like the ceremony gets lost in the shuffle when planning a wedding. This is odd because the marriage itself is why we are bringing everyone together!
I think sometimes couples believe that all the details take place in the reception — the décor, food, beverage, entertainment, etc. While that’s true, if you put the same thought and effort into the details of the ceremony it would read the same way to guests!
One thing that you can carve out some time to plan is the readings! Rather than just picking the standard wedding readings, put some thought into them! See how the reading can relate to not only you as the couple, but the one you choose to read as well. Below are some of my favorites these days!
INSPIRED BY LITERATURE
E.E. Cummings on Love
“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.”
INSPIRED BY LYRICS
I Choose You by Sara Bareilles
“My whole heart. Will be yours forever. This is a beautiful start, To a lifelong love letter
Tell the world that we finally got it all right. I choose you. I will become yours and you will become mine…
We are not perfect we’ll learn from our mistakes, And as long as it takes I will prove my love to you. I am not scared of the elements I am underprepared, But I am willing. And even better I get to be the other half of you.”
INSPIRED BY CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”
INSPIRED BY MOVIE SCENES
Definitely, Maybe — Ryan Reynolds
“I wanna marry you because you’re the first person I wanna look at when I wake up in the morning, and the only one I wanna kiss goodnight. Because the first time that I saw these hands, I couldn’t imagine not being able to hold them. But mainly, when you love someone as much as I love you, getting married is the only thing left to do.”
INSPIRED BY RELIGION
Ruth 1:16-17
“Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.”
INSPIRED BY TV EPISODES
Sex and the City — Sarah Jessica Parker
“His hello was the end of her endings.
Her laugh was their first step down the aisle.
His hand would be hers to hold forever.
His forever was as simple as her smile.
He said she was what was missing.
She said instantly she knew.
She was a question to be answered.
And his answer was “I do.”
Cheers and happy planning!
XX Devyn
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Photographer: Meagan Puett Photography
