Renewal of Marriage Vows
Finding new commitment to your relationship with your spouse is one of the goals of marriage counseling. It is beautiful to see couples who have spent long periods of time fighting and finding only negative aspects of each other searching out and finding new things to love about one another and entirely new reasons to celebrate their love. Celebrating the newfound freedom and joy of a revitalized marriage is one of the reasons that many couples are renewing their wedding vows in ceremony.
The first thing to remember when making the decision to renew your wedding vows is that it is not a legal ceremony, but rather a symbolic one. There are no licenses required or paperwork needed to do it, only a commitment to each other and the love and trust to enable you to say “Yes, I would do it all again, and so I am.”
A renewal of wedding vows often takes place before family and friends in a wedding type of ceremony. Especially after a period of strife, the recommitment is meaningful and beautiful in a way that touches everyone involved, especially immediate family.
For a married couple it is the perfect way to recognize that they took the time to pause and reflect on where they have been as a couple, both the good and the bad, and where they believe they have the heart, love and strength to go on together.
Though it isn’t usually public knowledge, you will often find the couple’s marriage counselor invited to wedding vow renewal ceremonies. After all, they played an important part in helping that couple reach that moment.
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