Romantic Readings

ROMANTIC READINGS

1) “A Beautiful Journey” by Donna Fargo

A great marriage begins with two people joined together in love as partners and best friends. It's a commitment to always be on each other's side, sharing everything. When two people become one in spirit, every joy is doubled and every disappointment is diminished. They live their lives in an attitude of cooperation with each other. They plan on togetherness. They listen. They hope. They dream. They make mistakes. They understand. They forgive. And they move on, together. They're loyal to each other and steadfast in their pledge to be there for each other forever, through sickness or health, poverty, wealth, or whatever. For these two people, love is the magic that keeps them together and guides them on their journey, enhancing their lives and assuring their happiness.

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2) “A Reminder for the One I Love” by Rachyl Taylor

We say ‘I love you’ just about every day. Sometimes the words are whispered as we fall asleep at night; sometimes they're spoken at the end of a phone conversation or accompanied by a quick kiss as we rush out the door. The words are always there, but sometimes we forget to think about how much they really mean. Every time you hear me say those three little words, I want you to remember that they're coming from the bottom of my heart. I want you to remember that I love you for everything you are and for everything I am with you. I want you to remember that you're the best person I've ever known and I feel so lucky to have you in my life. I want you to remember that true love is forever and there is no love truer than the love I feel for you. I want you to remember that you're the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me, my dream come true, my friend and my love all wrapped up in one.

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3) “A Wonderful Gift” by Douglas Pagels

Always remember the wishes and the romance and all the reasons your love came to be. Never forget that love can see you through anything: all you have to do it just let it. Never turn away from the sweetness of sharing. You’re both so incredibly lucky; never forget it. Never let the important things go unspoken.

The dreams you have together are guideposts in your days; never forsake them. The roads you walk together will lead to a deepening joy; go hand-in-hand as best friends on your way. Never forget that many people search all their lives for the kind of smiles you have been blessed with. Be sure to remember that love will always be life's most beautiful gift. Share, support, speak from the heart, and listen with your very souls. Know that there will be times when you may disagree; nothing could be more natural. Simply remember that when you see things from two different perspectives, you need to give and take a compromise. The longest-lasting and most loving unions in the world all have moments when their journeys have uphill climbs. But the secret they share is knowing beyond any clouds that come along, the sun will keep on shining above.

As you continue on your path together, you will come across more joys than you’ll ever be able to count. And you’ll keep on discovering that the ‘forever’ kind of love is the very best thing there is. May you always and forever be lovingly blessed with this exquisite and wonderful gift... because you deserve to have all the joyous rewards of a truly great relationship.

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4) “Advice for a Marriage” by Carol Howard

Treat each other with respect and kindness. Be open-minded, so that you may see each other’s point of view. Listen to your heart, and listen with your heart. Be patient when things don’t go right; eventually, they’ll be replaced by good things. Be loving, especially when the other is hurting over something. Be honest and don't hold back your feelings. Laugh a lot at yourselves and laugh a lot with each other. Enjoy the good times, and think of them more often than the bad ones. Be there for one another at all times. Make yourself, as well as your spouse, happy, and let them find their own happiness in life too. Share all things; learn new things. Always remember the times when you first fell in love and all the special moments. Keep making every year special, and always love one another.

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5) “As You Share Your Hearts in Love” by Deborah T. Kinnebrew

May you always find peace in your home. May you always be faithful to one another. May you always stay flexible enough to listen and consider each other’s opinion. May you always find ways to strengthen your bond with one another. May you continue to discover similar interests. May you appreciate each other’s good qualities and always focus on the positive. May your affection for one another never cease, but instead continue to grow - becoming a deeper, richer, and never-ending love.

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6) “Because” by Steven Reiser

Because we have things in common, we have the joy of sharing them. Because we are so different, there is so much we can learn from each other. Because we love each other, we look for the good in the other. Because we are forgiving, we overlook the faults in each other. Because we are patient, we give each other time to understand. Because we are filled with kindness, we compliment the things we do for each other. Because we can empathize, we know what it’s like to stand in each other's shoes. Because we have character, we enjoy each other's uniqueness.  Because we have faith, we believe in the best for the future. Because we are honest, we are comfortable to trust each other. Because we are filled with loyalty, we always know the other will be there.

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7) “Benediction of the Apaches”

Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will be shelter to the other. Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other. Now there is no more loneliness for you, for each of you will be companion to the other. Now you are two bodies, but there is only one life before you. Go now to your dwelling place, to enter into the days of your togetherness. And may your days be good and long upon the earth.

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8) “Blessing For A Marriage” by James D. Freeman 

May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding. May you always need one another -- not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you to know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete. The valley does not make the mountain less, but more. And the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with both of you.

May you need one another, but not out of weakness. May you want one another, but not out of lack. May you succeed in all-important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults. If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you have good sense enough to take the first step back. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another.

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9) “Falling In Love”

Falling in love is like being first to discover the most beautiful thing in the world, or finding something so lovely that no one else had ever noticed. It is like glimpsing the first evening star or the rainbow that unexpectedly appears in the midst of a storm. Love often starts in little ways. It comes quietly with a smile, a glance or a touch, but you know it's there because suddenly you're not alone and the sadness inside you is gone. Love means finally finding a place in this world that shelters you and is your very own - where you feel you have been forever.

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10) “Friendship" by Judy Bielicki

It is often said that it is love that makes the world go round. However, without doubt, it is friendship which keeps our spinning existence on an even keel. True friendship provides so many of the essentials for a happy life. It is the foundation on which to build an enduring relationship. It is the mortar which bonds us together in harmony, and it is the calm, warm protection we sometimes need when the world outside seems cold and chaotic.

True friendship holds a mirror to our foibles and failings, without destroying our sense of worthiness. True friendship nurtures our hopes, supports us in our disappointments, and encourages us to grow to our best potential.  Today, you pledge to each other not only your love, but also the strength, warmth, and most importantly, the fun of true friendship.

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11) “I Am Thankful”

When I think of us - and of all the things the two of us bring to our relationship - I am so incredibly thankful. I am thankful that our two paths converged, and that such a perfect companion was waiting there for me. I am thankful that the nicest, sweetest, most wonderful person there could ever be is here beside me. Warming up even the cloudiest of times, inspiring those dreams in my days and giving my hopes a place they love to come home to. I am thankful that I can open up to you and share every side of me, every facet of my life and my personality, and that you are so understanding, so supportive, and so good at making me realize that you are willing to accept me for what I am. That kind of reassurance is priceless to me, and I will treasure that feeing forever. I am thankful that my wishes, my tomorrows, and my smiles never seemed as hopeful or as happy or as bright. So please allow me to thank you for being my love, my desire, my dream come true.

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12) “I Love You” by Roy Croft

I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you, for the part of me that you bring out. I love you, for putting your hand into my heaped-up heart, and passing over all the foolish, weak things that you can’t help dimly seeing there, and for drawing out, into the light, all the beautiful belongings that no one else had looked quite far enough to find. I love you, because you are helping me to make of the lumber of my life, not a tavern, but a temple. Out of the works of my every day, not a reproach, but a song. I love you, because you have done more than any creed could have done to make me good, and more than any fate could have done to make me happy. You have done it without a touch, without a word, without a sign. You have done it by being yourself.

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13) “I Will Be Here” by Steven Curtis Chapman

If in the morning when you wake, and the sun does not appear, I will be here. If in the dark we lose sight of love, hold my hand and have no fear, I will be here. I will be here, when you feel like being quiet, when you need to speak your mind, I will listen. Through the winning, the losing, and the trying we'll be together, and I will be here. If in the morning when you wake, and the future is unclear, I will be here. As sure as seasons were made for change, our lifetimes were made for years, I will be here. I will be here, and you can cry on my shoulder, when the mirror tells us we're older. I will hold you, watch you grow in beauty, and tell you all the things you are to me. We'll be together and I will be here.

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14) “In Marriage” by Susan Polis Schutz

In marriage you make the most beautiful commitment in life - to love each other forever. You will share work and play, happiness and sadness, goals and values, family and friends, excitement and boredom. You will build a life which is stronger because you are now part of a team - a team which should go through life holding hands always cheering for each other. In marriage you make the most beautiful commitment in life - two people in love joining together to become one forever.

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15) “In Your Life Together” by Jon Peyton

In your life together, you'll have times of laughter when the sun comes to rise in your hearts and everything is perfect. You'll also have to hold on to each other and make it through times that challenge who you are and what you mean to each other. You'll experience moments that will live forever in your minds. Your marriage will be a shining example of what two people can achieve when their hearts are in tune and their spirits are set free by trust and support to follow their dreams. Most of all, you will learn what it means to truly love - to dedicate your hearts to the commitment, sacrifice, and awareness it takes to make love last forever.

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16) “Irish Blessing”

May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. May God be with you and bless you. May you see your children's children. May you be poor in misfortune, and rich in blessings. May you know nothing but happiness from this day forward. May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home and may the hand of a friend always be near. May green be the grass you walk on. May blue be the skies above you. May pure be the joys that surround you, and may true be the hearts that love you.

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17) “Love” by Michele Weber

Love doesn't mean that you will never feel pain or live a life free from care. It doesn't mean that you will never be hurt or that your life will be perfect, with every moment consumed by happiness. Love does mean that you will always have a companion, someone to help you through the difficult times and rejoice with you in your times of celebration. Love does mean that each argument is followed by a time of forgiveness, and each time of sorrow is far outweighed by all the tender moments spent in each other's arms. Love is the miracle that can take two lives and mold them into one, take two souls and bind them for life, take two hearts and fill them with enough passion and tenderness to last a lifetime. Love is a blessing that will lead you down life's most beautiful path.

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18) “Love Endures” by Douglas Pagels

There are few miracles in this universe as amazing as love. When it is true and real and lasting, it forms an unbreakable bond between two very fortunate people. It lets one know that it is always there, always caring. It lives in the deepest part of the heart, but it sneaks out as often as it can - to inspire a grin on the face, a smile in the eyes, a serenity in the soul, and a quiet gratitude in the days. Love is giving and forgiving, taking and partaking of the sweetest joys and most comforting reassurances imaginable. Love can work wonders. It can travel a thousand miles in the span of one second, and it can take every hope and well-wishing along with it on the journey. Love can feel at home no matter where it is, as long as it knows that it has a companion there by its side to make each place, each day, and each moment a space and a time of sharing. Love is amazing, precious, and beautiful. Love is what I want to give to you and what I pray that you will always share with me. Love endures, and love will make sure that we're as happy as two people can be.

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19) “Love Is Friendship Caught Fire” by Laura Hendricks

Love is friendship caught fire; it is a quiet, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection, and makes allowances for human weaknesses. Love is content with the present, hopes for the future, and does not brood over the past. It is the day-in and day-out chronicle of irritations, problems, compromises, small disappointments, big victories, and working toward common goals. If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you do not have it, no matter what else there is, it is not enough.

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20) “Loving You Brings Me Such Happiness” by Donna Fargo

Loving you means I am happy. It means I'm with the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with. It means there's no-one else who matters more to me. Loving you gives me the confidence to believe that nothing is impossible for us, and together we can get through any challenge we face. Loving you means I am loved by the person I care most about. It means I'm satisfied and excited about life and I am blessed beyond anything I could imagine. Loving you means everything to me.

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21) “Marriage Advice From 1886" by Jane Wells

Never go to bed angry. Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is easier to bend a little than to break. Believe the best rather than the worst. People have a way of living up or down to your opinion of them. Remember that true friendship is the basis for any lasting relationship. The person you choose to marry is deserving of the courtesies and kindness you bestow on your friends.

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22) “Marriage Is” by Barbara Cage

Marriage is a commitment. Its success does not depend on feelings, circumstances, or moods - but on two people who are loyal to each other and the vows they took on their wedding day. Marriage is hard work. It means chores, disagreements, misunderstandings, and times when you might not like each other very much. But when you work at it together, it can be the greatest blessing in the world. Marriage is a relationship where two people must listen, compromise, and respect. It's an arrangement that requires a multitude of decisions to be made together. Listening, respecting, and compromising go a long way toward keeping peace and harmony

Marriage is a union in which two people learn from their mistakes, accept each other's faults, and willingly adjust behaviours that need to be changed. It's caring enough about each other to work through disappointing and hurtful times, and believing in the love that brought you together in the first place. Marriage is patience and forgiveness. It's being open and honest, thoughtful and kind. Marriage means talking things out, making necessary changes, and forgiving each other. It's unconditional love at its most understanding and vulnerable - love that supports, comforts, and is determined to triumph over every challenge and adversity. Marriage is a relationship of two unique people who bring out the very best in each other and who know that even though they are wonderful as individuals, they are even better together.

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23) “Marriage Means” by Jan Peyton

On your wedding day, you take the first step by promising to love, honour and cherish each other for the rest of your lives. From this moment on, you will travel together - sometimes side by side and other times apart - yet always connected by the feelings in your heart and your commitment to a shared journey. Along the way, you will learn love's greatest lessons: how to become one as a couple while remaining strong and independent as individuals; how to meet challenges to your relationships in constructive ways; and how to forgive, forget, and move on to create greater levels of trust, passion and closeness. Remember to cherish each other every day, and celebrate your life together as you walk hand in hand on your way to forever.

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24) “Our Love Can Last Forever” by Susan Polis Schutz

I want to have a lasting relationship with you. I know that this will mean that we both must work hard to please each other, to help each other, to be fair and honest with each other, to accept each other as we really are. Our love can last forever if we want it to. We both must work hard to keep our individuality, yet also become one with each other; to remain strong and supportive of each other in adverse times as well as in good times; to be exciting and interesting to ourselves and to each other. We both must work hard to always consider each other the most important person in the world; to always consider love the most important emotion that we can feel; to always consider our relationship the most serious and significant union of two people. Even though it may not always be easy to have a lasting relationship, working hard is very easy when the results can be the beauty of a loving and lasting us. I love you.

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25) “Sooner or Later”

Sooner or later we begin to understand that love is more than verses on valentines and romance in the movies. We begin to know that love is here and now, real and true, the most important thing in our lives. For love is the creator of our favourite memories, and the foundation of our fondest dreams. Love is a promise that is always kept, a fortune that can never be spent, a seed that can flourish in even the most unlikely of places. And this radiance that never fades, this mysterious and magical joy, is the greatest treasure of all, one known only by those who love.

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26) “Take it One Day at a Time” by Julia Escobar

Cherish each other in big ways and in small ways, and never forget the magic of those three little words: I love you. Remember it is the little things that make the difference. Don't forget the birthdays and the anniversaries. An occasional note means a lot. Share each other's life - even the small details - for too often we forget that day-after-day becomes year-after-year, and then it's gone. Give each other room to grow. Keep strong your faith in each other. Time has a funny way of testing us, and it is faith that gets us through. Respect one another; this world could always use more of that. Speak your mind honestly, openly, but with kindness, for angry words can leave scars that may never heal. Trust each other; let your trust be your rock. Most of all, each day, be sure to hold each other and fall in love all over again.

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27) An excerpt from “The Art of a Good Marriage” by W. A. Peterson

A good marriage must be created. In marriage the "little" things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say, ”I love you" at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is having a mutual sense of values, and common objectives. It is standing together and facing the world. It is forming a circle that gathers in the whole family. It is speaking words of appreciation, and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is not only marrying the right person; it is being the right partner.

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28) “The Colour Of My Love” by David Foster

I'll paint a sun to warm your heart, knowing that we'll never part. I'll draw the years all passing by, so much to learn, so much to try. I'll paint my mood in shadow blue, paint my soul to be with you. I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones, draw your mouth to my own. I'll trace a hand to wipe your tear, and trace a look to calm your fears. A silhouette of dark and light to hold each other oh so tight. I'll paint the stars in the evening sky, draw the light into your eyes. A touch of love, a touch of grace, to softly fall on your moonlit face. And with this ring our lives will start, let nothing keep our love apart. I'll take your hand to hold in mine, and be together through all time.

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29) “The Greatest Commitment of All” by Barbara Cage

It's always exciting when two people are so much in love they willingly pledge to spend the rest of their lives together. Anyone who has ever lived with someone else for more than a week knows that such a commitment takes a whole lot of patience, self-control, compromise, and a sense of humour, as well as open minds, hearts and doors. Fill your time together with love and laughter. Don't take life too seriously; make time to have fun. Listen to and care about each other's feelings, opinions, problems, and dreams. Look for the best and the good, and let go of those things that disappoint or anger you. Learn to communicate in ways that uplift each other. Choose peace, happiness, and love. Make up your minds that your marriage is going to be the best in every way, and it will.

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30) From “The Irrational Season” by Madeleine L'Engle

Ultimately there comes a time when a decision must be made. Ultimately two people who love each other must ask themselves how much they hope for as their love grows and deepens, and how much risk they are willing to take. It is indeed a fearful gamble. Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created. To marry is the biggest risk in human relations that a person can take. If we commit ourselves to one person for life this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom, and the risk of love which is permanent; into that love which is not possession, but participation. It takes a lifetime to learn another person. When love is not possession, but participation, then it is part of that co-creation which is our human calling.

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31) “The Keys to Having a Great Relationship” by Robert M. Millay

The key to love is understanding - the ability to comprehend not only the spoken word, but those unspoken gestures, the little things that say so much by themselves. The key to love is forgiveness - to accept each other's faults and pardon mistakes, without forgetting, but with remembering what you learn from them. The key to love is trust - though dark doubts lie in hollowed thoughts, it must shine brightly on with reassuring radiance that suppresses fear with faith. The key to love is sharing - facing your good fortunes as well as the bad together; both conquering problems - forever searching for ways to intensify your happiness. The key to love is giving - without thought of return, but with the hope of just a simple smile and by giving in, but never giving up. The key to love is respect - realizing that you are two separate people with different ideas, that you don't belong to each other, but that you belong with each other and share a mutual bond. The key to love is inside us all - it takes time and patience to unlock all the ingredients that will take you to it’s threshold; it is a continued learning process that demands a lot of work, but the rewards are more than worth the effort. And you are the key to me.

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32) “The Magic of Love” by Helen Steiner Rice

Love is like magic, and it always will be, for love still remains life's sweetest mystery. Love works in ways that are wondrous and strange, and there's nothing in life that love cannot change! Love can transform the most commonplace into beauty and splendour and sweetness and grace. Love is unselfish, understanding and kind, for it sees with it’s heart, and not with it’s mind. Love is the answer that everyone seeks. Love is the language that every heart speaks. Love can't be bought, it is priceless and free. Love, like pure magic, is life's sweet mystery.

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33) “The Promises of Marriage” by Bettie Meeks & Douglas Pagels

Marriage is the joining of two people who share the promise that only marriage can make - to share the sunshine and the shadows, and to experience a richer, more fulfilling life because of it. A marriage is one of life's most wondrous blessings. It involves taking the words of two life stories and weaving them together on the same pages. Every year, in a thousand special ways, the words that will be written in this remarkable story will reflect the strength and the joy and sorrows. A marriage is the precious, reassuring comfort of having a kindred soul care about your day, every day and each tomorrow, your whole life long. A marriage is the making of a home that seems so meant to be. A marriage is a beautiful journey along life's road with two people smiling as they go, lovingly, hand in hand.

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34) “The Things I Promise To Be For You”

The things I promise to be for you: a place you can come for comfort. Eyes you can look at and trust. A hand to reach out and clasp. A heart that understands and doesn't judge. A supportive shoulder to cry on. A long walk anywhere you want to go. And for any time when we're apart, a close and caring intimacy that you will always know. A door that is always open. A caring, gentle hug. A time that is devoted to you alone. A reflection of my love.

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35) “Together in Marriage” by Susan Polis Schutz

Together in marriage you will bring out the best in each other. You will learn from each other and grow from your differences. You will be two individuals living your own lives with each other as one. Together in marriage you will be stronger, more sensitive, more aware, more knowing and more at peace than you are individually. You will be better people. Together in marriage your love will give understanding to all that you do because you will share your ideas, goals and frustrations. And you will always have someone to support whatever you say and do. Together in marriage you will be able to achieve all that you want in life.

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36) “True Love”

True love is a sacred flame that burns eternally, and none can dim its special glow or change its destiny. True love speaks in tender tones and hears with gentle ear. True love gives with open heart and true love conquers fear. True love makes no harsh demands it neither rules nor binds. And true love holds with gentle hands the hearts that it entwines.

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37) “Union” by Robert Fulghum

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, you have been making promises and agreements in an informal way. All those conversations that were held riding in a car or over a meal or during long walks — all those sentences that began with “When we’re married” and continued with “I will” and “you will” and “we will” — those late night talks that included “someday” and “somehow” and “maybe” — and all those promises that are unspoken matters of the heart. All these common things, and more, are the real process of a wedding. The symbolic vows that you are about to make are a way of saying to one another, “You know all those things we’ve promised and hoped and dreamed — well, we meant them all, every word.”

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38) “Walk With Me In Love” by Susan Polis Schutz

Walk with me in love. Talk to me about what you cannot say to others. Laugh with me even when you feel silly. Cry with me when you are most upset. Plan with me all your dreams. Share with me all the beautiful things in life. Fight with me against all the ugly things in life. Create with me dreams to follow. Have fun with me in whatever we do. Work with me towards common goals. Dance with me to the rhythm of our love. Walk with me throughout life. Let us hug each other at every step in our journey, forever in love.”

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39) “What is a Marriage” by Collin McCarty

It is the most beautiful thing that can happen between two people in love. A marriage is a bridge which allows the love of two very special people to give meaning and worth and wonder to life. It is a continual process of building of shaping; of communicating; and caring. It is the deepest and sweetest understanding. It is sharing todays and tomorrows together and making each one more treasured and more complete than anyone could make them alone. A marriage is a home interwoven with hopes and memories and dreams. The thankfulness and love it can bring have no comparison. Being happily married is the most beautiful thing that can happen to anyone.

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40) "Wonderful Things are Shared” by Douglas Pagels

Invaluable feelings. Warm memories. Acceptance. Caring. So much gratitude. An appreciation of differences. A celebration of similarities. Milestones and stepping stones. The blessing of feeling that you're right at home, right where you should be. Hopes and dreams that are so much alike. The sweetness of having a best friend for life. Precious knowledge. "Inside" jokes. The perfect freedom of opening up to someone who's always there for you. A companionship that's clear to everyone. The fun of looking at photos from days gone by. Arms around one another's shoulders. Being able to lean on each other for anything. Supporting each other through everything. Making sure that happiness comes and sadness goes. Currents of emotion that run deep and keep reassuring no matter what. Believing. Making each other laugh. Giving the gift of enjoyment. And getting countless smiles back. Going through the seasons. Walking hand-in-hand. A safe, gracious familiarity. A serenity. An intimacy. The joy of it all. A trust that is so strong. A bridge that is so steady. An "I-never-imagined-it-could-be-like-this" kind of love. If they're really, really lucky, two people get to share all the wonderful things that marriage is made of.

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41) “Your Love Was Meant To Be” by Douglas Pagels

Yours is a story of two people, each with a journey in search of a distant horizon. Two souls whose paths were allowed to cross, whose words felt right at home, and whose smiles discovered that walking the way together could lead to a kind of happiness that only comes along once in a lifetime.

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