The Wedding Prayer
The first Monday of the month is Marriage Monday at Chrysalis. Since June is the most popular month for weddings, the topic this month is Our Wedding Day… even for those of us who didn’t get married in June! The guidelines asked us to share anything we wanted about our wedding day, so I am choosing to share the lyrics of a song we had at our wedding. I am happy to say, 22-and-a-half years later, that God has honored our prayer!
The Wedding Prayer
Heavenly Father, hear us as we pray,
here at Thine altar on our wedding day.
Show us the path that thou would’st have us take
Help us to follow Thee and sin forsake.
In thy sight, O God, today
we’ve come to pledge our love in unity.
Bless the sacred vows we take
and keep us one through all eternity.
Give us strength in sorrow, want or pain,
always steadfast to remain.
And when clouds shall fill our skies of blue,
help our love to see us through.
Oh God, until we reach life’s ebbing tide
may we in perfect Love and Peace abide
and when life’s sun shall set beyond the hill,
may we go hand in hand together still.
26 Comments
Constance
Thanks for sharing that prayer with us. I shared a song that we played at our wedding and when I heard it again after all of these years, it was STILL appropriate! I’m noticing a trend so far, most of us have at least 20 years of marriage to draw from as we are sharing!
Connie
Bruce DeKam
When we rose from the kneelng bench I sang this song to my wife on our wedding day over 40 years ago.
Jana
Those are beautiful lyrics! The songs I chose from my wedding still make me cry when I hear them.
Thanks for sharing!
Carol Seidle
We were married in 1957, my brother sang this song at our wedding. My husband Don passed away On February,4,2022 and that song has been going through my mind a lot latelyit’s a beautiful song and the words are still true..
MiPa
Beautiful prayer. Thanks for sharing.
e-Mom
Touching and so appropriate. What a beautiful prayer. Congratulations on 22 years!
Thanks for joining us for Marriage Monday today, Karla.
Blessings, e-Mom
The Surrendered Scribe
That is beautiful! What a great way to participate in this through such touching words.
Living Beyond
Beautiful
Found
Precious!!
Bless you
sheila
Jennifer in OR
Wonderful prayer. Congratulations on 22 years!! I love hearing songs from my wedding, they bring back precious memories.
Connie Marie
The song at our wedding was The Lord’s Prayer. I love the lyrics of this song.
Peculiar
I love that beautiful picture!! And what a precious prayer!
Farrah
Beautiful, Karla! 🙂
Jerry Turner
Me and my wife was married nov 20th 1979 and had this song sung as we knelt at an alter.
I have not heard it sense then and have been trying to find it all these years.Would anyone know where We could find or download this song.
Jerry turner
jwt61@aol.com
Rev. Bob
Thank you for the beautiful words, I sang this song at my brother's wedding 51 years ago. Is there another verse to the song. Thank you. bob4644@windstream.net
Elizabeth Opena
God truly honors that prayer. My husband and I sang the song on our wedding day 33 years ago. It's priceless ~it still rings in my ears!
Sarah Germaine
Yes, this prayer is beautiful! I want it to be sung at my daughters wedding!
Beth Sulzle
We sang this song as a duet at our wedding 56 years ago. So glad to see that others have enjoyed it too.
Avery J Thompson
My husband and I sang this at our wedding 34 years ago and we remain committed to each other and to our God. Thank you for posting the link so we could be reminded.
Brooke Harrill
My mom’s uncle sang this song the day she married my dad in 1985 they were married a lost 31 years when she passed away
Fran Terry
This song was sung at our wedding on June 12, 1970. I would love to find a copy of the sheet music so it could be played at our vow renewal next June.
Beth McKinzie
If you find the sheet music I’d love to know where!!
Nan Smith Jackson
I sang this prayer to my husband 49 yrs ago. God has blessed us abundantly! Thank you Father for 49 yrs. We pray to finish well and to be found faithful (to You) till you call us home!
Roger
My Uncle sang this at our wedding in 1962. The first verse captures what it has meant to us as
we approach our 60th anniversary in a few weeks. A friend will sing it for us at a small ceremony,
if I can find the musical score for a baritone. Help??
Beth McKinzie
I sang this song at our wedding almost 47 years ago. I’ve been searching for the sheet music. Any idea where I can get it?
Annette
This is it !! As I notice from many comments couples used this wedding prayer MANY years ago and have treasured it. PTL. We were married in May 1959. Two weeks later I sang this prayer at a friend’s wedding. My husband died 10 years ago. I’ve been wondering if I would ever be able to locate that prayer. I, also, wish that I would know how to find a hard copy with music score. I hope that someone can answer that!!
Annette