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Hawaii Wedding Ceremony -- The Spiritual Ceremony

 

 

 

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Spiritual Hawaii Wedding Ceremony
by Rev. John Souter

        The following Hawaii Wedding Ceremony was written by John Souter and is performed by him at many of our Hawaii weddings. You can read it here:

 

Introduction

        Think for a moment of the caterpillar. He begins life as a lowly, uninteresting little creature. Yet he is one day transformed by an extraordinary metamorphosis into the most exquisite and fragile butterfly. In a similar way, your relationship is changing today. Today you are being transformed into one.

 

Why Do You Love?

        Take a moment, and gaze into each others eyes. What is it that you see there that has captured your soul? What spark, what love, what beauty have you found in those eyes that has made you into a better person?

        Do you remember when you first met? When you first kissed? Can you recall the moment when your lover turned your life and your heart upside down . . . ?

        Now, today, you have come to bring all of these emotions into something more. Today you stand before these witnesses and desire to make a commitment that will produce a lifetime of fulfillment.

 

1 Corinthians 13

        Love is a verb. Although it can describe a state of being, love really is an ACTION verb. It’s not just how you feel about each other, but what you DO for each other that’s the key. Over time, feelings can change. But if you keep performing acts of love for each other, your feelings will stay fresh & alive.

        Probably the best words ever written about the character of love are found in 1 Corinthians 13. Here it is from the Living Bible:

        “Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It is never glad about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.

        “If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him.”

 

        Some couples tend to think of marriage as a 50/50 proposition. But the best relationships are usually 90/10. If you both will give 90%—you’ll have a formula likely to bring you a lifetime of happiness.

        JEFF and STACEY, in the Hawaiian language there is a term to describe how couples should treat one another. Ho’oponopono means: “to put things right . . . by family discussion.”

        In other words, don’t let the sun set when you find that you are angry. Talk things out. Makes things right with each other quickly, before the sun disappears into the horizon.

 

Sandburg’s Poem

        Carl Sandburg captured the essence of a love which can stand the test of time when he wrote:

        “I love you. I love you for what you are, but I love you yet more for what you are going to be. I love you not so much for your realities as for your ideals. I pray for your desires, that they may be great, rather than for your satisfactions, which may be so hazardously little.

        “A satisfied flower is one whose petals are about to fall. But the most beautiful rose is one, hardly more than a bud, wherein the pangs and ecstasies of desire are working for larger and finer growth. Not always shall you be what you are now. You are going forward toward something great. I am on the way with you and . . I love you.”

 

HIS VOWS

        JEFF, please take your lei and place it around STACEY ‘s neck.

JEFF, let the beautiful & fragrant flowers that you have placed on STACEY remind you of the beautiful and fragile nature of your relationship with her.

        Do you JEFF, take STACEY, to be your wife, to live together according to God’s Word? Will you love and cherish her, assisting her in all her labors? Will you be true to her both in sickness and health, when things are going well and when there are problems? And will you be faithful to her as long as you both shall live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.

        JEFF, cherish STACEY always, treating her as your princess.

 

HER VOWS

        STACEY, take this lei and place it around JEFF ‘s neck.

        STACEY, let the beauty & fragrance of these flowers which you have placed on JEFF remind you always of this day when you committed yourself to be his bride.

        Do you, STACEY, take JEFF, to be your husband, to live together according to God’s Word? Will you love and cherish him, assisting him in all his labors? Will you be true to him both in sickness and health, both when things are going well and when there are problems? And will you be faithful to him as long as you both shall live? If so, you may answer, I WILL.

        STACEY, cherish JEFF always, treating him as your prince.

 

HER RING

        JEFF, may I have the ring that is the lasting symbol of your vows to STACEY?

        This ring has been subjected to tremendous heat so that the waste could be removed and the metal purified into a fit token of your commitment of love here today.

        JEFF, let this ring symbolize your willingness to build your character through your self-sacrificial love for STACEY.

        Place the ring on the third finger of STACEY ’S left hand and repeat after me as you make these vows to her:

 

        “I JEFF,
        from this day forward
        take you STACEY
        to be my lawfully wedded wife.
        I will love you,
        I will cherish you,
        I will be true to you,
        no matter what comes,
        whether we become rich or poor,
        whether there is sickness or health,
        as long as we both shall live,
        and with this ring,
        as a symbol of my love,
        I now marry you.”

 

HIS RING

        STACEY, may I have the ring that is the lasting symbol of your vows to JEFF?

        This ring is a circle. A circle symbolizes eternity—because it never ends. STACEY, let this ring remind you of the new lifetime relationship that you are entering with JEFF.

        Place the ring on the third finger of JEFF ’s left hand and repeat after me as you make these vows to JEFF:

 

        “I STACEY,
        from this day forward
        take you JEFF
        to be my lawfully wedded husband.
        I will love you
        I will cherish you
        I will be true to you,
        no matter what comes.
        Whether we become rich or poor,
        whether there is sickness or health,
        as long as we both shall live,
        and with this ring,
        as a symbol of my love,
        I now marry you.”

 

PRAYER

 

PROCLAMATION

        Now, that you JEFF and STACEY have openly declared your wish to be united in the covenant of marriage, and as you have made these promises to each other before God and these witnesses, and have given each other rings to confirm your vows;

        I, John Souter, by the power & authority granted to me as a minister of the Gospel, and according to the laws of the County of Maui and the State of Hawaii, do now pronounce you to be: Husband and wife

        God has joined you together —let no one tear you apart. You may kiss your bride.

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