Friday, July 21, 2017

A Pledge, A Promise, This Ring




A pledge, a promise, this ring—
  A circle, eternal, unbroken—
Comprising the sacred, the common, all things,
  It silently speaks as a token.
 
A pledge, an oath, a promise, a vow,
  a fortified warrant of assurance and faith
  a covenant built upon "Thus the Lord saith!"
A commitment to continue till death starting now.

Two rings given and two rings received
  in covenant joyous and solemn;
Two lives now knit, joined in one, inter-weaved,
  in Christ now confronting the problem.

With this ring I thee wed, the husband as head
  as Christ is the Head of His Bride;
  the wife at his side, submit and confide,
And Christ's Love over all the Spirit shall spread.

- D. Benning