How To Write Your Own Christian Wedding Vows
Do you know how to write your own Christian Wedding Vows?
Your wedding “I do’s” are God-inspired.
Yet, you want something special just for the two of you.
Your wedding day begins the next, beautiful chapter in your life.
This day you feel inspired, grateful, excited, and you know the rest of your life will be perfect.
Yet, you also realize some things about yourself.
Perhaps you don’t want your tendency to get wrapped up in your own projects and ideas to come between you and your spouse.
Maybe you tend to procrastinate. Or forget to put others first.
Today, on this day of new vows and new beginnings,
you want to add personal vows more specific than the minister will ask.
Why Write Your Own Wedding Vows?
The essence of traditional wedding vows are all you really need.
A Christian wedding with God-inspired vows cover you in safety for the rest of your lives.
However, they are traditional, and because they are an umbrella, they’re not personal or specific.
When you re-visit your vows in the future, you want the feels you had the day you got married.
You want those vows physically written, so you can read them over and over.
On days when the vows feel a little fuzzy. Or when the crunch of real life gets in the way of happiness.
Keep your personal vows front and center, because they are forever vows, and should be re-visited often.
What to include in your personal Wedding Vows:
Here’s a few ideas to get your pen going…
- Say “I love you, ______, and promise to love you for the rest of our lives together.”
- Promise to share your spiritual lives, and care for each other’s walk with God. You promise to put God before all else in your marriage.
- Write down your promise to be there for your wife/husband through everything life throws your way. You will promise that in Church at the wedding. Make this written promise more personal, by adding details. “I promise to esteem you highly whether we are rich or poor.” “I promise to support you in your efforts to provide our home.”
- Make promises you will want to remind yourself of later. Ditto the above promises, and add a few more. Are you grumpy before coffee in the morning? “I promise to make your mornings happy.” Do you know your future wife is a neat freak? Don’t promise to always put your clothes in the hamper, but say, “I promise to respect order in our home to the best of my ability.”
- Promise to keep an open way between you every single day. “I promise to listen to your heart every day, and keep the ways of communication between us open to the best of my ability.”
- What is your deepest, most personal desire for your marriage? Be open, and write it down. Articulate the things that may be difficult to put into words, but give it your best shot. This time in your life is when your best intentions are front and center. You want to keep them that way.
Where to write your vows:
It really doesn’t matter where you write your personal vows;
the important thing is to write them.
But here are a few ideas:
- A personal journal you keep together.
- These lovely Wedding Vow books.
- These hardbound His and Hers vow books with ribbon markers.
- Make your own with this tutorial.
- Purchase handmade paper from our Wedding Shop for handwritten vows to add to your Wedding Album.
Your Wedding Vows
are more important than The Dress or the invitations or any other part of your wedding.
Keep a reminder on your Wedding Planner board or in your Wedding Planner Journal.
