Christians and non-christians - how could you tell god blessed your wedding ceremony?

Question

I just gave this in another answer and thought to ask you all. For me - my brother-in-law performed the ceremony. He very much wanted to put "women submit" in the ceremony but after a long discussion agreed not to do it. So...during the rehearsal, he left that bit out. But during the actual wedding itself...he inserted a whole lot of verses about women submitting. Short of stopping the ceremony, there was nothing we could do. It was the worst part of the day.

What are your stories? Good stories too, I hope!!!

Answer 1

I had to agree to have children and raise them catholic. I'm in the middle of a divorce now though ... go figure.

Answer 2

Never been married.
but i would expect that a blessed marriage would be mostly happy, where both support ant complement each other. as for the submission thing, both should have a similar mindsets, and both should be sensitive to their spouses needs, but for command decisions there needs to be a chain of command. I'm not talking total domination, but just more or less of a 49.5:50.5 ratio of power, with each holding a sort of consequences should the other make them unhappy.

but the key factors to a blessed marriage are(in this order):
1) similar moral orientation
2) similar entertainment orientation
3) a general completeness to both individuals
4) similar economic mindset
5) love

to some extent blessed simply means the people were compatible

Answer 3

We had a Justice of the Peace perform our ceremony. It was absurdly hard to get one of those.

We've gone to a lot of weddings that talk a lot about women submitting, because the man is like Christ and the woman is like the Church, and the only reason people are able to love each other is because of Jesus Christ Almighty... my husband and I just look at each other and pinch each others hands so we don't laugh.

Answer 4

Yuck. Nothing in my ceremony about anyone submitting. It was more about how we should be partners, love and respect each other and not make a chain of love.

I don't know how you would know if God blessed a ceremony or not, though.

Answer 5

Again, very interesting. I am being serious and just want to know
if you are wondering about God, Or genuinely want to know after your first question I wanted to understand better. What I do know is that if you love The Lord and serve him and ask Him to Bless your Wedding, you Know He Will. Ask and ye shall...... ? Believe that He Blessed it, only believe. I love to hear of anyone that wants to know that. So many people marry now for what reason I don't know-a wedding day? No commitment.

Answer 6

what in case you had a non non secular ceremony at a region of your decision and then went to church for a marriage blessing? that wont require you to have a non secular wedding ceremony. i doubt you should marry in a church without non non secular wedding ceremony vows. what in case you probably did the non secular ones and then wrote your man or woman vows to a minimum of one yet another besides? no longer a super variety of strategies yet all i ought to think of of

Answer 7

I really didn't care about the ceremony. I just wanted to be married. It has been 10 years now.

Answer 8

I'm not crazy enough to get married.

(But if I had of been in your shoes I would have stopped the ceremony. Marriage is supposed to be a partnership, not a dictatorship. Then if he gave me any lip I would have kicked him out of the wedding...I also would never speak to him again).

Answer 9

"God" obviously didn't bless my marriage because I ended up divorced. ;-)

I had wanted to have a Heathen wedding, but my Ex didn't want that. No had to do it his way . That's what I get for marrying a monotheist. Maybe one day I'll get remarried and actually have the type of wedding I wanted.

Answer 10

God blessed mine by tricking his followers into believing that it would be sinful and thus making it illegal. Not that it makes a huge difference in a 15 year committed relationship.