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| CELEBRATING 30 YEARS TOGETHER AUGUST 28, 1970 - AUGUST 28, 2000 JOE AND RUTH PARKER |
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| Ruth and Joe renewing their vows |
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| We are here this evening to celebrate 30 years of marriage with Joe and Ruth. Nothing comes about by chance. Joe and Ruth’s life design is perfect. Their souls were meant to be together in this lifetime. They are together to learn the lessons they need to learn. Whatever it may seem at times, it is all part of God’s plan. They join hands now to bless and give thanks for thirty years together. They now bless the willingness to see what the coming years will hold and welcome all they will learn. They share with you the joy of who they have become and what transformations are in store for them. “The heart knows the soul better than the mind does.” Marriage is the coming together with integrity and commitment, to honor the God within each other and to foster the greatest possible growth. Staying married is part luck, part work, part abracadabra. The jockeying for position starts the minute the couple opens their eyes. He wants coffee. She wants herbal tea. He wants sausage and eggs. She wants a protein shake. He wants his salad with his meal. She wants hers before the meal. So it goes, week after week, year after year, until one day you wake up- together- and realize you’ve been locked in this two-step for 30 years. You can’t explain how you got here, except that day after day, it seemed the right thing to do. Yes, there were times you were ready to throw in the towel. There were forgotten birthdays and anniversaries, crummy Christmases, and football season. There were days you wanted to run away. Sometimes you fantasized about having the house for a whole week to yourself. It never worked out because you needed to be there to say “did you remember to take your pills?” and “don’t forget your doctor appointment.” These are the little rituals of communal life that stitches up a marriage, hold in its sides, close up its loose ends. You sometimes finish each other’s sentences. You know when to break the news that the car is making strange noises. There is a bedrock of intimacy acquired from all the quarrels, all the scares, all the ordinary Friday nights, all the special Saturday nights, all of the family celebrations, the funerals of grandparents and parents, the sadness and grief of losing their only son, the joy over grandchildren being born, all the ups and downs of life. Being together is precious, being apart is unthinkable. We applaud and celebrate with great joy this thirty year milestone for Joe and Ruth, and shower them with blessings and love. I stand before Joe and Ruth this day to renew their bonds of matrimony, first taken on August 28, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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| Joe, do you renew your vows to Ruth to: · love her · comfort her · honor her · cherish her · take care of her in sickness and in health · being true to her for the rest of your years? Ruth, do you renew your vows to Joe to: · love him · comfort him · honor him · cherish him · take care of him in sickness and in health · being true to him for the rest of your years? And now may God hold you in His hands for you are truly loved and blessed. |
| WHAT COLOR IS LOVE? An apple is red, The sun is yellow, The sky is blue, The leaf is green, A cloud is white, And a stone is brown. The world has many things… The world has many people… The world has many colors… And each of them is different. In a garden, all the flowers are different colors, But they live happily together… side by side. Colors are important… they make our world beautiful. Color is something we see with our eyes, But LOVE is something we see with our heart. And if I asked you…could you tell me… WHAT COLOR IS LOVE? |
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