{"id":3931,"date":"2021-06-10T11:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2021-06-17T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:01:55","slug":"top-40-readings-for-a-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 40 Readings for a Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adding wedding readings to your big day&#8217;s celebrations is a great way to add a new sense of meaning to your ceremony, outside of your personal vows. Readings have the power to really change the atmosphere throughout your venue and your congregation. Finding the perfect wedding reading for your chosen style of ceremony can be a major but important task\u2026 So, to make it that little bit easier for you we\u2019ve chosen our favourite 40 wedding readings for your special day!<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone has or wants a traditional wedding ceremony, so there are a variety of reading styles to choose from. We\u2019ve broken this down into the most popular choices: Funny, religious, non-religious, unique readings and poetry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#funny-readings\">Funny wedding readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#religious-readings\">Religious wedding readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#non-religious-readings\">Non-religious wedding readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#unique-readings\">Unique wedding readings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#poetry-readings\">Poetry for weddings\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69e65471c3264\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-69e65471c3264\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69e65471c3264\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/#Funny-Wedding-Readings\" title=\"Funny Wedding Readings\u00a0\">Funny Wedding Readings\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/#Biblical-Wedding-Readings\" title=\"Biblical Wedding Readings\">Biblical Wedding Readings<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/#Non-Religious-Wedding-Readings\" title=\"Non-Religious Wedding Readings\">Non-Religious Wedding Readings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/#Alternative-Wedding-Readings\" title=\"Alternative\u00a0Wedding Readings\">Alternative\u00a0Wedding Readings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/#Poetry-for-Weddings\" title=\"Poetry for Weddings\">Poetry for Weddings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Funny-Wedding-Readings\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a id=\"funny-readings\"><\/a>Funny Wedding Readings\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why so serious&#8230;? Adding some humour to your ceremony could help ease those wedding day butterflies! There&#8217;s no need to take everything too seriously right? Lighten the mood with one of these hilarious readings&#8230; Everyone loves to laugh!<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"3938\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/wedding-reading-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?fit=1040%2C1300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1040,1300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wedding reading 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?fit=770%2C963&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3938 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=495%2C618&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=370%2C463&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=270%2C338&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=570%2C713&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=740%2C925&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?resize=160%2C200&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-3.jpg?w=1040&amp;ssl=1 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Yes, I\u2019ll marry you \u2013 Pam Ayers<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019ll marry you, my dear,<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the reason why;<\/p>\n<p>So I can push you out of bed<\/p>\n<p>When the baby starts to cry,<\/p>\n<p>And if we hear a knocking<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s creepy and it\u2019s late,<\/p>\n<p>I hand you the torch, you see,<\/p>\n<p>And you investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019ll marry you, my dear,<\/p>\n<p>You may not apprehend it,<\/p>\n<p>But when the tumble-drier goes<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you that has to mend it,<\/p>\n<p>You have to face the neighbour<\/p>\n<p>Should our Labrador attack him,<\/p>\n<p>And if a drunkard fondles me<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you that has to whack him.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I\u2019ll marry you,<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re virile and you\u2019re lean,<\/p>\n<p>My house is like a pigsty<\/p>\n<p>You can help to keep it clean.<\/p>\n<p>That sexy little dinner<\/p>\n<p>Which you served by candlelight,<\/p>\n<p>As I do chipolatas,<\/p>\n<p>You can cook it every night!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you who has to work the drill<\/p>\n<p>and put up curtain track,<\/p>\n<p>And when I\u2019ve got PMT it\u2019s you who gets the flak,<\/p>\n<p>I do see great advantages,<\/p>\n<p>But none of them for you,<\/p>\n<p>And so before you see the light,<\/p>\n<p>I do, I do, I do!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Love is like owning a dog \u2013 Taylor Mali<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Falling in love is like owning a dog.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, it\u2019s a big responsibility,<\/p>\n<p>especially in a city like [insert city here].<\/p>\n<p>So, think long and hard before deciding on love.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, love gives you a sense of security:<\/p>\n<p>when you\u2019re walking down the street late at night<\/p>\n<p>and you have a leash on love<\/p>\n<p>ain\u2019t no one going to mess with you.<\/p>\n<p>Because crooks and muggers think love is unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows what love could do in its own defence?<\/p>\n<p>On cold winter nights, love is warm.<\/p>\n<p>It lies between you and lives and breathes<\/p>\n<p>and makes funny noises.<\/p>\n<p>Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.<\/p>\n<p>It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Love doesn\u2019t like being left alone for long.<\/p>\n<p>But come home and love is always happy to see you.<\/p>\n<p>It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,<\/p>\n<p>but you can never be mad at love for long.<\/p>\n<p>Is love good all the time? No! No!<\/p>\n<p>Love can be bad. Bad, love, bad! Very bad love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>A Good Wedding Cake Recipe by Anonymous Writer\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>4lb of love<\/p>\n<p>1lb of good looks<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd of sweet temper<\/p>\n<p>1lb butter of youth<\/p>\n<p>1lb of blindness of faults<\/p>\n<p>1lb of pounded wit<\/p>\n<p>1lb of good humour<\/p>\n<p>2lbs of sweer argument<\/p>\n<p>1 pint of rippling laughter<\/p>\n<p>1 wine glass of common sense<\/p>\n<p>A dash of modesty<\/p>\n<p>Put the love, good looks and a sweet temper into a well-furnished house. Beat the butter of youth into a cream and mix well together with blindness of faults. Stir the pounded wit and good humour into the sweet argument, then add the rippling laughter and common sense. Work it together until everything is well mixed and bake, gently, forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Bridled Vows by Ian Duhig<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I will be faithful to you, I do vow<\/p>\n<p>but not until the seas have all run dry<\/p>\n<p>etcetera: although I mean it now,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a prophet and I will not lie.<\/p>\n<p>To be your perfect wife, I could not swear;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll love, yes; honour (maybe); won\u2019t obey,<\/p>\n<p>but will co-operate if you will care<\/p>\n<p>as much as you are seeming to today.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll do my best to be your better half,<\/p>\n<p>but I don\u2019t have the patience of a saint;<\/p>\n<p>not with you, at you, I may sometimes laugh,<\/p>\n<p>and snap too, though I\u2019ll try to learn restraint.<\/p>\n<p>We might work out: no blame if we do not.<\/p>\n<p>With all my heart, I think it\u2019s worth a shot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">I Rely On You \u2013 Hovis Presley<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I rely on you<\/p>\n<p>like a camera needs a shutter<\/p>\n<p>like a gambler needs a flutter<\/p>\n<p>like a golfer needs a putter<\/p>\n<p>like a buttered scone involves some butter<\/p>\n<p>I rely on you<\/p>\n<p>like an acrobat needs ice-cool nerve<\/p>\n<p>like a hairpin needs a drastic curve<\/p>\n<p>like an HGV needs endless derv<\/p>\n<p>like an outside left needs a body swerve<\/p>\n<p>I rely on you<\/p>\n<p>like a handyman needs pliers<\/p>\n<p>like an auctioneer needs buyers<\/p>\n<p>like a laundromat needs driers<\/p>\n<p>like The Good Life needed Richard Briers<\/p>\n<p>I rely on you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>A Word to Husbands by Ogden Nash<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To keep your marriage brimming,<\/p>\n<p>With love in the loving cup,<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you\u2019re wrong admit it;<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you\u2019re right shut up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>I Like You by Sandol Stoddard Warburg<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I like you and I know why<\/p>\n<p>I like you because you are a good person to like<\/p>\n<p>I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it\u2019s special<\/p>\n<p>And you remember it a long, long time<\/p>\n<p>You say, remember when you told me something special<\/p>\n<p>And both of us remember<\/p>\n<p>When I think something is important you think it\u2019s important too<\/p>\n<p>We have good ideas<\/p>\n<p>When I say something funny, you laugh<\/p>\n<p>I think I\u2019m funny and you think I\u2019m funny too<\/p>\n<p>Hah-hah!<\/p>\n<p>I like you because you know where I\u2019m ticklish<\/p>\n<p>And you don\u2019t tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes<\/p>\n<p>But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too<\/p>\n<p>You know how to be silly \u2013 that\u2019s why I like you<\/p>\n<p>If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag,<\/p>\n<p>then you are getting ready to jump<\/p>\n<p>HOORAY!<\/p>\n<p>I like you because when I am feeling sad<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t always cheer me up right away<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it is better to be sad<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute<\/p>\n<p>You want to think about things<\/p>\n<p>It takes time<\/p>\n<p>I like you because if I am mad at you<\/p>\n<p>Then you are mad at me too<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s awful when the other person isn\u2019t<\/p>\n<p>They are so nice and oooh you could just about punch them on the nose<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t remember when I didn\u2019t like you<\/p>\n<p>It must have been lonesome then<\/p>\n<p>Even if it was the 999th of July<\/p>\n<p>Even if it was August<\/p>\n<p>Even if it was way down at the bottom of November<\/p>\n<p>I would go on choosing you<\/p>\n<p>And you would go on choosing me<\/p>\n<p>Over and over again<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s how it would happen every time.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biblical-Wedding-Readings\"><\/span><a id=\"religious-readings\"><\/a>Biblical Wedding Readings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Biblical readings are a great way to incorporate faith into your wedding day. Reading the perfect passage can help add a whole new meaning to the knot you&#8217;re about to tie and remind you how important the love is you share with your partner. Maybe your perfect passage is listed below!<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"3940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/wedding-reading-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?fit=1880%2C1253&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wedding reading 6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?fit=770%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3940 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=566%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?resize=740%2C493&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-6.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Corinthians 13:4-12<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but, rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.<\/p>\n<p>Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now, we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Genesis 2: 24-28<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Lord God said: &#8216;It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him.&#8217; So, the Lord God formed out of the ground various wild animals and various birds of the air, and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each of them would be its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of the air, and all the wild animals; but none proved to be the suitable partner for the man. So the Lord God cast a deep sleep on the man, and while he was asleep, he took out one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. The Lord God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man. When he brought her to the man, the man said: &#8216;This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; This one shall be called \u2018woman,\u2019 For out of \u2018her man\u2019 this one has been taken.&#8217; That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ecclesiastes 4:9-12<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up. Again, if two lie together, they are warm; but how can one be warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Romans 12:9-16<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honour one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord\u2019s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">1 John 4: 18-19<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ruth 1: 16-17<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Ruth said, \u201cDo not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. May the LORD do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Song of Songs 8: 6-7<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death,<\/p>\n<p>its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one\u2019s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Proverbs 3:3-4<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favour and a good name in the dight of god and man.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Non-Religious-Wedding-Readings\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><em><a id=\"non-religious-readings\"><\/a>Non-Religious Wedding Readings<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not looking to have a religious ceremony, non-religious readings are the way to go. Simple stories, messages and metaphors about true love and relationships, written by people like you and me! No confusion, no fuss. Why can&#8217;t everything be that simple?<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"3997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/non-religious-wedding\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?fit=1880%2C1085&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1085\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"non religious wedding\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?fit=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?fit=770%2C444&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=631%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=1536%2C886&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=370%2C214&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=270%2C156&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=570%2C329&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=740%2C427&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?resize=347%2C200&amp;ssl=1 347w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/non-religious-wedding-.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Wild Awake by Hilary T Smith<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>People are like cities: We all have alleys and gardens and secret rooftops and places where daisies sprout between the sidewalk cracks, but most of the time all we let each other see is a postcard glimpse of a skyline or a polished square. Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn\u2019t know were there, even the ones they wouldn\u2019t have thought to call beautiful themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">A Vow by Wendy Cope<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I cannot promise never to be angry;<\/p>\n<p>I cannot promise always to be kind.<\/p>\n<p>You know what you\u2019re taking on, my darling<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only at the start that love is blind.<\/p>\n<p>And yet I\u2019m still the one you want to be with<\/p>\n<p>And you\u2019re the one for me \u2013 of that I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re my closest friend, my favourite person,<\/p>\n<p>The lover and the home I\u2019ve waited for.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot promise that I will deserve you<\/p>\n<p>From this day on. I hope to pass that test.<\/p>\n<p>I love you, and I want to make you happy.<\/p>\n<p>I promise I will do my very best.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I have for the first time found what I can truly love \u2014 I have found you. You are my sympathy\u2014my better self\u2014my good angel\u2014I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wraps my existence about you\u2014and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one. It was because I felt and knew this, that I resolved to marry you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Art of Marriage by Wilfred A. Peterson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A good marriage must be created.<\/p>\n<p>In marriage, the little things are the big things.<\/p>\n<p>It is never being too old to hold hands.<\/p>\n<p>It is remembering to say \u201cI love you\u201d at least once each day,<\/p>\n<p>It is never going to sleep angry.<\/p>\n<p>It is having a mutual sense of values and objectives.<\/p>\n<p>It is standing together and facing the world.<\/p>\n<p>It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.<\/p>\n<p>It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.<\/p>\n<p>It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each person can grow.<\/p>\n<p>It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only marrying the right person<\/p>\n<p>It is being the right partner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Untitled by R.M Drake<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You will be the clouds<\/p>\n<p>And I will be the sky.<\/p>\n<p>You will be the ocean<\/p>\n<p>And I will be the shore.<\/p>\n<p>You will be the trees<\/p>\n<p>And I will be the wind.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever we are, you and I<\/p>\n<p>Will always collide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Love By Roy Croft<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I love you,<\/p>\n<p>Not only for what you are,<\/p>\n<p>But for what I am<\/p>\n<p>When I am with you.<\/p>\n<p>I love you,<\/p>\n<p>Not only for what<\/p>\n<p>You have made of yourself,<\/p>\n<p>But for what<\/p>\n<p>You are making of me.<\/p>\n<p>I love you<\/p>\n<p>For the part of me<\/p>\n<p>That you bring out.<\/p>\n<p>I love you<\/p>\n<p>For putting your hand<\/p>\n<p>Into my heaped-up heart<\/p>\n<p>And passing over<\/p>\n<p>All the foolish, weak things<\/p>\n<p>That you can&#8217;t help<\/p>\n<p>Dimly seeing there,<\/p>\n<p>And for drawing out<\/p>\n<p>Into the light<\/p>\n<p>All the beautiful belongings<\/p>\n<p>That no one else had looked<\/p>\n<p>Quite far enough to find<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Let Me Put It This Way by Simon Armitage<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let me put it this way:<\/p>\n<p>if you came to lay<\/p>\n<p>your sleeping head<\/p>\n<p>against my arm or sleeve,<\/p>\n<p>and if my arm went dead,<\/p>\n<p>or if I had to take my leave<\/p>\n<p>at midnight, I should rather<\/p>\n<p>cleave it from the joint or seam<\/p>\n<p>than make a scene<\/p>\n<p>or bring you round.<\/p>\n<p>There,<\/p>\n<p>how does that sound?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Oh! The Places You&#8217;ll Go!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n<p>Today is your day.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re off to Great Places!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re off and away!<\/p>\n<p>You have brains in your head.<\/p>\n<p>You have feet in your shoes.<\/p>\n<p>You can steer yourself any direction you choose.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who\u2019ll decide where to go.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll look up and down streets. Look \u2018em over with care. About some you will say, \u201cI don\u2019t choose to go there.\u201d With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you\u2019re too smart to go down a not-so-good street.<\/p>\n<p>And you may not find any you\u2019ll want to go down. In that case, of course, you\u2019ll head straight out of town. It\u2019s opener there in the wide-open air.<\/p>\n<p>Out there, things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.<\/p>\n<p>And when things start to happen, don\u2019t worry. Don\u2019t stew. Just go right along. You\u2019ll start happening too.<\/p>\n<p>Oh! The Places You\u2019ll Go!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be on your way up!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be seeing great sights!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll join the highfliers who soar to high heights.<\/p>\n<p>You won\u2019t lag behind, because you\u2019ll have the speed. You\u2019ll pass the whole gang, and you\u2019ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you\u2019ll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.<\/p>\n<p>Except when you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Because, sometimes, you won\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll get mixed up, of course, as you already know. You\u2019ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go. So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life\u2019s a Great Balancing Act. Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left.<\/p>\n<p>And will you succeed?<\/p>\n<p>Yes! You will, indeed!<\/p>\n<p>(98 and \u00be percent guaranteed.)<\/p>\n<p>Kid, you\u2019ll move mountains!<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O\u2019Shea, you\u2019re off to Great Places!<\/p>\n<p>Today is your day!<\/p>\n<p>Your mountain is waiting.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026get on your way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Winnie the Pooh by A.A Milne<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alternative-Wedding-Readings\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><em><a id=\"unique-readings\"><\/a>Alternative\u00a0Wedding Readings<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Popular wedding readings can become overused and overdone after a while which in some people&#8217;s eyes can make them lose their meaning. So, If you&#8217;re looking for something different or unique, try one of these!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><em><img data-attachment-id=\"3941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/wedding-reading-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?fit=1880%2C1253&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wedding reading 7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?fit=770%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3941 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=507%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?resize=740%2C493&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wedding-reading-7.jpg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Gravitation by Albert Einstein\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That\u2019s relativity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Captain Corelli\u2019s Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion, it is not the desire to mate every second minute of the day, it is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every cranny of your body.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No, don\u2019t blush, I am telling you some truths. That is just being \u201cin love,\u201d which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Marriage is Like My Old Car by Marie April Gismondi<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The way I see it, marriage is like my old car.<\/p>\n<p>When I bought it new from the dealership,<\/p>\n<p>everyone around me was saying; \u201cWow that\u2019s a nice car!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was all bright and shiny and worthy of admiration.<\/p>\n<p>And then as the years went by\u2026<\/p>\n<p>there were places where the paint was starting to peel off.<\/p>\n<p>It got a little dent and a scratch or two here and there\u2026<\/p>\n<p>and once it was over a decade old\u2026<\/p>\n<p>People started saying; \u201cWhy are you still driving that old thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But my car ran like a top and would never leave me high and dry.<\/p>\n<p>Every time something sounded a little off, or needed attention,<\/p>\n<p>I got to work on it and fixed whatever needed fixing immediately,<\/p>\n<p>knowing that you get what you give.<\/p>\n<p>And then, when she became \u201ca classic\u201d,<\/p>\n<p>it was off to the body shop she went for a new paint job.<\/p>\n<p>People once again began saying; \u201cWow, that\u2019s a really nice car!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But what they didn\u2019t know was that all the things that really matter,<\/p>\n<p>were always things that nobody could see from the outside.<\/p>\n<p>A marriage is like my old car.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the maintenance you do between the high of the wedding day,<\/p>\n<p>and gaining the admiration of your grandchildren<\/p>\n<p>by being the couple who still laughs and shares secrets,<\/p>\n<p>and still holds hands after all these years.<\/p>\n<p>So don\u2019t worry so much about what people think or say.<\/p>\n<p>Just do your oil changes, keep up with your maintenance,<\/p>\n<p>get out and have fun,<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t be afraid to blow the dust off now and then,<\/p>\n<p>and fix whatever breaks as soon as it happens.<\/p>\n<p>This is my advice for a marriage<\/p>\n<p>that will motor successfully on down the highway of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is REAL?\u201d asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender before Nana came to tidy the room. \u201cDoes it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal isn\u2019t how you are made,\u201d said the Skin Horse. \u201cIt\u2019s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become Real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it hurt?\u201d asked the Rabbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes,\u201d said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. \u201cWhen you are Real you don\u2019t mind being hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it happen all at once, like being wound up,\u201d he asked, \u201cor bit by bit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen all at once,\u201d said the Skin Horse. \u201cYou become. It takes a long time. That\u2019s why it doesn\u2019t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get all loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don\u2019t matter at all, because once you are Real you can\u2019t be ugly, except to people who don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If my like for you was a football crowd, you\u2019d be deaf \u2018cause of the roar. And if my like for you was a boxer, there\u2019d be a dead guy lying on the floor. And if my like for you was sugar, you\u2019d lose your teeth before you were twenty. And if my like for you was money, let\u2019s just say you\u2019d be spending plenty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Les Mis\u00e9rables by Victor Hugo<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The future belongs to hearts even more than it does to minds. Love, that is the only thing that can occupy and fill eternity. In the infinite, the inexhaustible is requisite.<\/p>\n<p>Love participates of the soul itself. It is of the same nature. Like it, it is the divine spark; like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable. It is a point of fire that exists within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can confine, and which nothing can extinguish. We feel it burning even to the very marrow of our bones, and we see it beaming in the very depths of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won\u2019t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honour and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words \u2018make\u2019 and \u2018stay\u2019 become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Extract from The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn\u2019t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest, and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defences, you build up a whole suit of armour, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life \u2026 You give them a piece of you. They didn\u2019t ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn\u2019t your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Poetry-for-Weddings\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><em><a id=\"poetry-readings\"><\/a>Poetry for Weddings<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Telling someone how much you love them is one thing&#8230; but telling them in a rhyming poem? Now that&#8217;s love. Why not go for gold and read one of these witty and romantic poems to your love?<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"3998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/top-40-readings-for-a-wedding\/wedding-reading-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wedding Reading 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?fit=770%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=603%2C402&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1 570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?resize=740%2C494&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/encoremusicians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Reading-2-1.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>This Day I Married My Best Friend<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This day I married my best friend.<\/p>\n<p>The one I laugh with as we share life&#8217;s wonderous zest,<\/p>\n<p>As we find new enjoyments and experience all that&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p>The one I live for because the world seems brighter,<\/p>\n<p>As our happy times are better and our burdens feel much lighter.<\/p>\n<p>The one I love with every fibre of my soul.<\/p>\n<p>We used to feel vaguely incomplete, now together we are whole.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Love\u2019s Philosophy Love and friendship Extract from Hamlet by William Shakespeare<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Love is like the wild rose-briar<\/p>\n<p>Friendship like the holly tree<\/p>\n<p>The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms<\/p>\n<p>But which will bloom most constantly?<\/p>\n<p>The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,<\/p>\n<p>Its summer blossoms scent the air<\/p>\n<p>Yet wait till winter comes again<\/p>\n<p>And who will call the wild-briar fair?<\/p>\n<p>Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now<\/p>\n<p>And deck with thee the holly\u2019s sheen,<\/p>\n<p>Then when December blights thy brow<\/p>\n<p>He still may leave thy garland green.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Good Morrow by John Donne<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>wonder by my troth, what thou and I<\/p>\n<p>Did, till we loved? were we not weaned till then?<\/p>\n<p>But sucked on country pleasures, childishly?<\/p>\n<p>Or snorted we in the Seven Sleepers\u2019 den?<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Twas so; but this, all pleasures fancies be;<\/p>\n<p>If ever any beauty I did see,<\/p>\n<p>Which I desired, and got, \u2019twas but a dream of thee.<\/p>\n<p>And now good morrow to our waking souls,<\/p>\n<p>Which watch not one another out of fear;<\/p>\n<p>For love all love of other sights controls,<\/p>\n<p>And makes one little room an everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone;<\/p>\n<p>Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown;<\/p>\n<p>Let us possess one world; each hath one and is one.<\/p>\n<p>My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,<\/p>\n<p>And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;<\/p>\n<p>Where can we find two better hemispheres<\/p>\n<p>Without sharp north, without declining west?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;<\/p>\n<p>If our two loves be one, or thou and I<\/p>\n<p>Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>She walks in beauty, like the night<\/p>\n<p>Of cloudless climes and starry skies;<\/p>\n<p>And all that\u2019s best of dark and bright<\/p>\n<p>Meet in her aspect and her eyes:<\/p>\n<p>Thus, mellow\u2019d to that tender light<\/p>\n<p>Which heaven to gaudy day denies.<\/p>\n<p>One shade the more, one ray the less,<\/p>\n<p>Had half impair\u2019d the nameless grace<\/p>\n<p>Which waves in every raven tress,<\/p>\n<p>Or softly lightens o\u2019er her face;<\/p>\n<p>Where thoughts serenely sweet express<\/p>\n<p>How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.<\/p>\n<p>And on that cheek, and o\u2019er that brow,<\/p>\n<p>So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,<\/p>\n<p>The smiles that win, the tints that glow,<\/p>\n<p>But tell of days in goodness spent,<\/p>\n<p>A mind at peace with all below,<\/p>\n<p>A heart whose love is innocent!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Be My Homer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Be my Homer<\/p>\n<p>I wanna be your Marge.<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m your Norfolk Broads<\/p>\n<p>Will you be my barge?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s please be Tom and Barbara,<\/p>\n<p>I will show you The Good Life.<\/p>\n<p>Even though we\u2019re not yet married<\/p>\n<p>I would love to be your wife.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve the passion Lily Munster<\/p>\n<p>has for her dear Herman.<\/p>\n<p>I would love you if you were ginger,<\/p>\n<p>I would love you if you were German.<\/p>\n<p>Like Mr and Mrs Huxtable,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d smooch even when we\u2019re wrinkly.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll even consider ironing your shirts,<\/p>\n<p>But I hope you like them crinkly.<\/p>\n<p>Like Mr and Mrs Incredible<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m flexible and you\u2019re tough.<\/p>\n<p>But if you promise to be my true love<\/p>\n<p>That will always be enough.<\/p>\n<p>Like Bonny and that Clyde guy<\/p>\n<p>without all the dying.<\/p>\n<p>Like Gwyneth and that Coldplay man<\/p>\n<p>without all the crying.<\/p>\n<p>My partner in crime, the love of my life,<\/p>\n<p>My muse, my joy, my fun.<\/p>\n<p>Please be my one and only,<\/p>\n<p>Cos you\u2019ve always been \u2018The One\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>I&#8217;ll Be There for You by Louise Cuddon<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be there my darling, through thick and through thin<\/p>\n<p>When your mind\u2019s in a mess and your head\u2019s in a spin<\/p>\n<p>When your plane\u2019s been delayed, and you\u2019ve missed the last train.<\/p>\n<p>When life is just threatening to drive you insane<\/p>\n<p>When your thrilling whodunit has lost its last page<\/p>\n<p>When somebody tells you, you\u2019re looking your age<\/p>\n<p>When your coffee\u2019s too cool, and your wine is too warm<\/p>\n<p>When the forecast said \u201cFine\u201d, but you\u2019re out in a storm<\/p>\n<p>When your quick break hotel, turns into a slum<\/p>\n<p>And your holiday photos show only your thumb<\/p>\n<p>When you park for five minutes in a resident\u2019s bay<\/p>\n<p>And return to discover you\u2019ve been towed away<\/p>\n<p>When the jeans that you bought in hope or in haste<\/p>\n<p>Just stick on your hips and don\u2019t reach round your waist<\/p>\n<p>When the food you most like brings you out in red rashes<\/p>\n<p>When as soon as you boot up the bloody thing crashes<\/p>\n<p>So, my darling, my sweetheart, my dear\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When you break a rule, when you act the fool<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019ve got the flu, when you\u2019re in a stew<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re last in the queue, don\u2019t feel blue \u2018cause<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m telling you. I\u2019ll be there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>A White Rose<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The red rose whispers of passion,<\/p>\n<p>And the white rose breathes of love;<\/p>\n<p>O, the red rose is a falcon,<\/p>\n<p>And the white rose is a dove.<\/p>\n<p>But I send you a cream-white rosebud<\/p>\n<p>With a flush on its petal tips;<\/p>\n<p>For the love that is purest and sweetest<\/p>\n<p>Has a kiss of desire on the lip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em>The Day Sky by Hafiz<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let us be like<\/p>\n<p>Two falling stars in the day sky.<\/p>\n<p>Let no one know of our sublime beauty<\/p>\n<p>As we hold hands with God<\/p>\n<p>And burn<\/p>\n<p>Into a sacred existence that defies\u2014<\/p>\n<p>That surpasses<\/p>\n<p>Every description of ecstasy<\/p>\n<p>And love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Well, there you have it! 40 wedding readings for your big day! 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