Whether you are having a religious ceremony or civil ceremony the wedding vows are the most important part of the day. The wedding vows are the words you will say to each other that will create the foundation for your relationship today, tomorrow and for the rest of your lives. Finding the right vows can be difficult task. Some people choose to stick with traditional wedding vows, while others wish to right their own.

Here are a few suggestions for couples wanting to write their own wedding vows. Check with your priest/minister or celebrant to see if they have rules or restrictions on wedding vows.

The important thing to remember when writing your own vows are to keep them brief and do not share too many intimate details. The vows should be personal but keep them respectable.

As I stand here in this place where we have come,
To unite us together and be made one,
I know deep in my heart you’ve been created just for me,
And there’s no other in this world that can match me perfectly.

Soon the pastor will pronounce us husband and wife,
and it’s to you and you alone I pledge my life.
I’m making a commitment until death do we part.
I could be united with none other because you forever have my heart.

As I gaze up into your amazing eyes so bright,
The love that I see there makes our union seem so right,
But I’m not going just on feelings on that you have my word.
I know because of thought and prayer. Our marriage is of the Lord.

You are my love, my life, the song I sing.
God has given you to me for all eternity,
And this ring on my finger reminds me constantly,
You are my joy, the one, my love
You are my everything.

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Today is the day I vow a forever love.
A love I have been so blessed to share with you.
Knowing this is a love that begins with trust.
Understanding that a love as this has no end.
When the sun refuses to shine in your day.
I will be your sunshine.
If the rain continues, refusing to stop.
I will be your umbrella.
This love I promise you is a sacred love.
A love allowed only once in a lifetime.
Being so blessed we have the other to share this love.
Knowing this love is shared equally as love has to be.
Should you ever become lost and confused.
I will guide you back to our path of happiness.
When the nights become darker than ever known.
I will walk with you to the light.
There is no vow taken which means as much.
And I take these vows free and openly.
For love would have no meaning without you.
This is my promise not only on our wedding day.
But for each day that follows

Our old life is ending our new life has begun!
We pray that life will be as warming as the sun,
forever burning bright, lighting up the way
of love, peace and joy, through an eternal day.

Full of kind deeds, born of a mutual caring
Sweet little things to make our lives endearing.

Pray that we'll love full free, and that we’ll give,
with selflessness, as long as we both live,
Not only pleasures, thrills, and joys well spent!
But hope, and faith, and trust, and sweet content.

To each other ... and pray we'll bare our hearts,
To learn the maxims there which Love imparts,
So when comes trouble, or a little woe,
By understanding, friends, the cause will go.

Our wedding is the fusion of our souls,
our hearts, our loves, our minds, our goals,
forever into one.... Does that sound wise?
To us, it does; and we will compromise.

That our two lives may blossom as one flower,
Which grows more fragrant every passing hour,
And sends its perfume lingering on the air,
Sweet as a song that will not disappear
But haunts us, with clear notes, throughout the day;
And haunts us still, though our youth fade away.

Yes, by our true love bound husband and wife!
We’ll be the essence of each other’s life!
The yearning and the breath! And yes, the star!
And all the other precious things that are....

We’ll love so deep! Our love will be so true
fresher than roses in dawn’s gems of dew.

Our love is great, and it will rise so tall,
in width and depth, our love will surpass all!
Let’s pray our love won’t know divorce’s hurt,
and, like some mountain, crumble into dirt....

We hope that God will guide us from above,
and grant us peace, to sanctify our love.

I want to have an everlasting relationship
with no one else but you

We must both promise to work hard
to keep our individuality
I know that success would never be achieve
If we do not work for it

We must promise to stand by each other
To be fair and honest with each other
To accept each other as we really are
To forget all our past and to move on with our future

We will stick with one another,
Through, thick & thin
Through, sadness and happiness
Through, pain & misery
Through, the best and the worst,
Through the difficulty and at ease

I will trust you and honor you
I will love you faithfully

Whatever may have come,
I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
As I am giving you my heart to keep

Our bodies may be separated but we are ONE soul
connected together
We are to remain strong and supportive of each other
in adverse times as well as in good times

We must consider that we are
the most important person in the world
That has a significant LOVE

Even though it takes a lot of struggle and pain
To develop an everlasting relationship
I promise you that I would never ever give it up

I hereby declared to the world
That I, (Insert Brides Name) have accepted you (Insert Grooms Name)
To be my partner in life and my one and only True love eternity...
Even till Death, Our LOVE will still remain memories and will never tear us apart.

I, [Groom's name], take you [Bride's name], to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst,
through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God

I, [Bride's name], take you [Groom's name], to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today,
tomorrow, and forever
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst,
through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God

In unison:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you,
For where you go I will go,
and where you stay I will stay
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried.
May the Lord do with me and more if anything but death parts you from me.

I, (name), take you, (name), to be my (husband/wife),
and these things I promise you:

I will be faithful to you and honest with you;
I will respect, truth, help and care for you;
I will share my life with you;
I will forgive you as we have been forgiven;
and I will try with you better to understand ourselves, the world, and God;
through the best and the worst of what is to come as long as we live.

(Insert Grooms Name)
When was it that we fell in love, when we were 18 or 16, maybe 10? I don't know because the truth is I can't picture a time that I wasn't in love with you. I always knew you were the one that could look into my eyes and see my soul. I don't question your commitment to us and I know there's nothing we can't work through. And I accept you as my partner and as my best friend above all others. It's a miracle to find the kind of peace and happiness that you've given me and in honor of that miracle, I pledge before our family and friends to love and to cherish you forever.

(Insert Brides Name)
I look at you and I see my best friend, your energy and your passion inspire me in ways I never thought possible. Your inner beauty, so strong, that I know longer fear being myself. I know longer fear at all. I never thought that I could find someone that I could love that would love me back unconditionally. Then I realize that although we were often apart you were always with me, and you were my soul mate. You give me purpose when I feel I have none. Without you my soul would be empty, my heart broken, my being incomplete. I thank god everyday that you were brought into my life, and I thank you for loving me.

You were once a dream
then you became a desire
I prayed for you before I knew you
and now you are the woman I never thought existed
who holds my heart in the palms of your hands
My love for you grew from the depths of my soul
instilled there by God's will
Today I, (Insert Grooms Name), take you, (Insert Brides Name), as my wife
I vow to honor you as God has commanded
through all of the blessings and trials in life
in both good and bad
in sickness and in health
in joy and in sorrow
as my best friend, my lover, my soul mate.
I vow to uphold the integrity of the love that is of God the Father,
His son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and the Holy Spirit.
To be a leader spiritually, mentally, and physically.
I give myself in whole to you as your husband
and as your best friend.
I vow to listen to you and to keep an open mind
sacrificing my pride to be your strength, your joy, and your breath.
My heart sings of love's overflowing joy on this day
as we bind our souls together in Holy Matrimony
for all eternity under God's divine will.

For those with children

These vows include children

I (.....), choose you, (......),
and (.........), to be my family.

I promise to honour & respect you,
and to provide for you to the best of my ability.

I promise to make our home a haven,
where trust, love, and laughter are abundant.

I make these promises lovingly, and freely,
and vow to honour them all the days of my life