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Cord of Three Strands

 

Reading – Option 1

Today, [Groom] and [Bride] have chosen to braid three strands together into a single cord. Each strand has a significant meaning.

 

The gold strand represents God and His majesty.

 

The purple strand represents the groom and his life.

 

The white strand represents the bride and her life.

 

In braiding these three strands together, [Groom] and [Bride] have demonstrated that their marriage is more than joining of two lives together.  It is a unity with God as well.  They have chosen to allow God to be at the center of their marriage, woven into every aspect of it.

 

As Ecclediastes 4:9-12 reads, “Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit  from their labor.  For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.  Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?  Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.”

 

Reading – Option 2

 

The braiding of the three strands demonstrates how [Groom] and [Bride] are joined by God in marriage.  Each strand holds 

special meaning.

 

The Gold Strand symbolizes that the Lord Jesus has been invited by [Groom] and [Bride] to the position of authority in 

this marriage relationship.

 

The Purple Strand represents the groom.  It illustrates the majesty of God as head over the husband.  As [Groom] submits 

himself to the Lord, the Lord in turn will hold the marriage together through him.

 

The White Strand represents the bride.  It illustrates the purity of the bride of Christ.  As each has received Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, they are cleansed through Christ.

 

Ecclesiastes 4:12 reads, “Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him.  Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.”

 

Today, [Groom] and [Bride] have been woven together by God as ONE in marriage!

 

 

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