I was having a reminising sort of day today and thinking about our wedding 22 years ago and the songs we picked for the ceremony.
We had first, 'Love's Excelling way'.
God is love, and therefore bids us, walk in love's excelling way,
Letting love of God and neighbour prompt all things we do and say.
For though we have faith and knowledge, gifts of tongues and prophecy,
Yet if love itself were lacking, we would simply nothing be.
We could spend much time in preaching, persecutions too endure,
Yet what honour would it bring us if our motives were not pure.
Faith and love and hope continue, as we serve our God above
Yet if love itself were lacking we would simply nothing be.
Then we had, The Divine Pattern of love.
Jehovah our God, has wisely provides, for us all, one and all,
A pattern divine that we may be guided, lest we should fall, Lest we should fall,
That excellent way, by which we keep ever, from which we may stray, oh never, no never,
To which we may stay forever and ever, Is that of love, for God's way is love.
(Not too sure about the last line)
I can't remember the other verses but the second verse of 'Love's excelling way' was something I always found thought provoking. Deep inside, I knew my 'motives were not pure' and that I did not belong 'there'.
So, anyone else got a deep and meaningful song for their wedding?
By the way, to all you ex JWs who became JWs only after the pink song book was abolished, the music to those two songs was very beautiful which can't be said for too many of the 'brown' song book, songs.