The Readings


Laura Hendricks:

Love is friendship caught fire,
It is quiet, mutual confidence,
sharing and forgiving.
It is loyalty through good and bad times.
It settles for less than perfection
and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
Love is content with the present,
hopes for the future
and does not brood over the past.
It is the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations,
problems, compromises, small disappointments,
big victories, and working toward common goals.
If you have love in your life,
it can make up for a great many things you lack.
If you do not have it,
no matter what else there is,
it is not enough.
Love will never come to an end
for it is given and sustained by God.


Jon Carter:

Every couple should remember
that what the world calls love is not something man invented,
but it comes from God above.
And love can be neglected, and oftentimes abused,
perverted and distorted, misguided and misused,
or it can be developed by living every day
near to God, our Father - following His way.

For God alone can teach you the meaning of true love
And he can help establish the life you're dreaming of
in which you live together in happiness, and peace,
enjoying married blessings that day by day increase.

For love that is immortal has its source in God above,
and the love you give each other is founded on his love.
And though upon your wedding day
it seems yours and yours alone, If you but ask,
God takes your love, and blends it with his own.