{This is a collaborative post}
I've often wondered why people renew their
wedding vows after a number of years being married. I just asked my husband
what he thinks about it and he gave me a nervous look and said he thought it
was a bit weird. I wouldn't say that's my thoughts but I think it does need
thinking through before you rush into it.
We've now been married for fourteen years but have been together for twenty-two. I Suppose because we waited quite some time, we
were able to have the wedding we wanted rather than one we felt we ought to
have. Our actual marriage ceremony was just perfect and if I'm honest I can't
imagine recreating that as it was so incredible and surely a once in a lifetime
event?
We were new Christians and truly felt the the
power of the words that our vicar said about us now being in an eternal
relationship together with each other and with Jesus supporting us. We are like
a three legged stool and our marriage won't work if the third leg (Jesus) isn't
part of it. That ceremony and the car journey afterwards to the venue were for
us probably the best parts of the day, the times when it just felt like the two
of us I suppose.