I, _______, take you, ________, to be my wife, and I promise be­fore God and these wit­ness­es, to be your lov­ing and faith­ful wife/husband. I will be by your side to share with you your hap­pi­ness and suc­cess, and to com­fort you in times of sor­row and dis­ap­point­ment. As your com­pan­ion, I will seek to be open and hon­est with you, to for­give you as Christ has for­giv­en me, and to al­ways re­mind you of the Lord’s plans and promis­es. For­ev­er I de­vote my love and my life to you from this day forward.