If either the bride or groom already has a child or children from a former
marriage or of their own, they may include the children in the wedding
ceremony. This is usually done after the ring ceremony. If an ex-spouse
has custody, or if the children are grown, the words below may be changed
to fit the circumstances; these words are applicable when the children
will be living at least part of the time with the wedding couple:
____________ and ___________, the rings you have given to one another
are symbols of your commitment to one another, but they are also more.
For today you are also making a commitment to the children, __________
and ___________. Today you are pledging your love to them as well, committing
to them that you will create a family together. Let the perfect circle
of the wedding ring embrace ________ and _________, as well as the two
of you. For our children are gifts entrusted to us. Consider these words
from The Prophet: You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not
their souls, for they dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot
visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, in their
innocence, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward
nor tarries with yesterday. You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
Continue to Part 4:
Declaration
[Roses Ceremonies] [Unity
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Wedding Ceremonies
