{"id":57001,"date":"2018-12-06T22:37:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T11:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/wedding-readings-for-your-parents\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:41:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T01:41:34","slug":"wedding-readings-for-your-parents","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/wedding-readings-for-your-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding readings for your parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re looking for a wedding reading for one of your parents, look no further. We’ve selected a few of our favourite readings for parents to read at their child’s wedding.<\/p>\n

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The Art of Marriage by Wilferd A. Peterson<\/h2>\n

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
\nA good marriage must be created.<\/p>\n

In the art of marriage, the\u00a0little things<\/em>\u00a0are the\u00a0big things<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n

It is never being too old to hold hands.<\/p>\n

It is remembering to say \u201cI love you\u201d at least once a day.<\/p>\n

It is never going to sleep angry.<\/p>\n

It is at no time taking the other for granted;
\nThe courtship should not end with the honeymoon,
\nit should continue through all the years.<\/p>\n

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
\nIt is standing together facing the world.<\/p>\n

It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.<\/p>\n

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude
\nof duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.<\/p>\n

It is speaking words of appreciation
\nand demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.<\/p>\n

It is not looking for perfection in each other.
\nIt is cultivating flexibility, patience,
\nunderstanding and a sense of humor.<\/p>\n

It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.<\/p>\n

It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.<\/p>\n

It is finding room for the things of the spirit.
\nIt is a common search for the good and the beautiful.<\/p>\n

It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal,
\ndependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.<\/p>\n

It is not only marrying the right partner, it is\u00a0being<\/em>\u00a0the right partner.<\/p>\n

It is discovering what marriage can be, at its best.<\/p>\n

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Union by Robert Fulghum<\/h2>\n

You have known each other from the first glance of acquaintance to this point of commitment. At some point, you decided to marry. From that moment of yes, to this moment of yes, indeed, you have been making commitments in an informal way. All of those conversations that were held in a car, or over a meal, or during long walks \u2013 all those conversations that began with, \u201cWhen we\u2019re married\u201d, and continued with \u201cI will\u201d and \u201cyou will\u201d and \u201cwe will\u201d \u2013 all those late night talks that included \u201csomeday\u201d and \u201csomehow\u201d and \u201cmaybe\u201d \u2013 and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding.<\/p>\n

The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, \u201cYou know all those things that we\u2019ve promised, and hoped, and dreamed \u2013 well, I meant it all, every word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look at one another and remember this moment in time. Before this moment you have been many things to one another \u2013 acquaintance, friend, companion, lover, dancing partner, even teacher, for you have learned much from one another these past few years. Shortly you shall say a few words that will take you across a threshold of life, and things between you will never quite be the same.<\/p>\n

For after today you shall say to the world \u2013
\nThis is my husband. This is my wife.<\/p>\n

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I will be here by Steven Curtis Chapman<\/h2>\n

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
\nAnd the sun does not appear
\nI will be here
\nIf in the dark we lose sight of love
\nHold my hand and have no fear
\n‘Cause I will be here<\/p>\n

I will be here
\nWhen you feel like being quiet
\nWhen you need to speak your mind
\nI will listen
\nAnd I will be here
\nWhen the laughter turns to crying
\nThrough the winning, losing and trying
\nWe’ll be together
\n‘Cause I will be here<\/p>\n

Tomorrow morning if you wake up
\nAnd the future is unclear
\nI will be here
\nAs sure as seasons are made for change
\nOur lifetimes are made for years
\nSo I will be here<\/p>\n

I will be here
\nAnd you can cry on my shoulder
\nWhen the mirror tells us we’re older
\nI will hold you
\nAnd I will be here
\nTo watch you grow in beauty
\nAnd tell you all the things you are to me
\nI will be here<\/p>\n

I will be true to the promise I have made
\nTo you and to the One who gave you to me<\/p>\n

And just as sure as seasons are made for change
\nOur lifetimes are made for years
\nSo I will be here\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ecclesiastes, 4:9-12<\/h2>\n

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Kennedy (US Supreme Court Justice)<\/h2>\n

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were \u2026 marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization\u2019s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.”<\/p>\n

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Stardust by Lang Leav<\/h2>\n

If you came to me with a face I have not seen, with a name I have never heard, I would still know you. Even if centuries separated us, I would still feel you. Somewhere between the sand and the Stardust, through every collapse and creation, there is a pulse that echoes of you and I.<\/p>\n

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