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Good evening and welcome on behalf of

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Sabine and Brian Savoie

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Bridget and Dionne van Zyl is my honor to officiate the wedding between Luke and Claire

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They are Luke and Claire van Zyl

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And they will when we are done. But what a wonderful evening we have tonight and

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What a ride it has been to get here. So

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whether you have traveled through snow or

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Atlanta traffic

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We're so glad that you're here if you're joining us online

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As a pastor, I've said that a few times if you're joining us online

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we're so glad that you are joining us and you are dearly loved and appreciated and

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We were grateful to share this moment with you. I

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feel like you're supposed to

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Be a little bit closer. You're about to marry this man

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I am honored to be here. I'm humbled to be here. And so thank you for allowing me to be a part of this day and

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But today is all about you

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Today is all about Luke and Claire

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Reflecting who you are now to the world

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This moment these moments that we will be together. It will be a picture behind me is a landscape that was

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cut by your own hands and

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Set up here and just like that imagery just like that picture just like this scene

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It's a reflection of who you are. So your role today is simply

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reflect who you are, be you, and let the world see you shine.

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And your role today as family, as friends, as loved ones,

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as close and far, your role is to upgrade.

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Your role is to update, as you do to your phone.

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It gets a new program, and you update it, and you upgrade it.

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You get to rethink about who Luke is to you

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and who Claire is to you as individuals,

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because today they become one.

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And the new version of Luke and Claire is a family.

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It's a unit.

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They are one, and you get to rethink about that.

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And who they were yesterday, who you saw Luke as yesterday,

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and who you viewed Claire as yesterday

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will no longer be, because they are a family,

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and they have a calling, and they have a purpose,

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and they are whole in the Lord and in his sight.

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They are one.

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And so we get to reimagine who you can be together.

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Just like we talked about a little bit yesterday

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during our dinner and during our time together,

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Claire has made Luke better.

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And Claire, you had just bring Luke along for the ride,

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because you're leading this thing.

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I'm just kidding.

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As his brother, I get to do things like that

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and get away with it.

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No, but seriously, y'all make each other better.

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You make each other better in so many ways.

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And a quote from last night was, Luke with Claire

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now makes sense.

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So we are very, very grateful for that.

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But yes, on this wonderful evening, Claire and Luke,

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you become one.

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You are one family.

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You are whole, and you are perfect

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in the sight of the Lord.

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And today, we introduce a new member,

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and that's the marriage.

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The marriage is the new member of the family.

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It is the third party amongst the two of you.

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And your marriage will strengthen you.

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It will change you.

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It will force you to work and refine you

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in wonderfully powerful ways.

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And we use that word, refine, when we talk about gold,

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when we talk about the metals that we use to create

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your beautiful rings.

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And that refining process we use in the church as well.

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There are a few verses that I want to read for you right now.

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Zechariah 13, speaking of the people of God,

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said, I will bring that group through the fire

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and make them pure.

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I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold.

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They will call on my name, and I will answer them.

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I will say, these are my people, and they will say,

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the Lord is our God.

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And in 1 Peter 1, 7 in the NLT, it

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says, these trials that we may face in our life as a marriage,

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these trials that we face will show your faith to be genuine.

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It is being tested as fire tests and purified gold,

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though your faith is far more precious than mere gold.

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So when your faith remains strong through many trials,

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it will bring much praise and glory and honor

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on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

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You see, the refining and the remastering

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and the purifying of who you are and who you are

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in this beautiful thing we call marriage

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brings glory and honor and praise to Jesus Christ

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when He is revealed through you.

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And in marriage, we go through refining.

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And we used to sing this song.

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I grew up in a very traditional church.

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And we sang this song.

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Refiner's fire, my heart, one desire.

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And now I think they're crazy.

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Because refining is powerful and painful and hot.

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You see, I don't know if all this data,

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if there is a metallic scientist here, I apologize.

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But I'm using Claire's Roots from the Royal Canadian Mint

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Refiner Fire.

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Their gold uses five-step process of pre-melt.

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That can be up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit,

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which is hotter than it is outside.

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Prior to many actuating refining it, the impure gold is melted.

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Once molten dip samples are taken

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to determine the purity of the metal.

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And then there's chlorination.

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It's injected molten metals and chlorine gas,

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which forces all metals but gold to float.

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And in this process that we go through with the Lord,

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and as y'all grow with marriage being not very easy all the time,

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but beautiful all the time,

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the things that don't need to be there any longer

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kind of come to the surface.

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And they get to make their way out.

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The purification process of things rising to the surface,

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letting them bubble out

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getting them out into the open, but then you get purified from them, which is a beautiful thing,

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but everything that's not gold is removed. And then there's D-gold, and once the molten chloride

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slag has been recovered from chlorination, soda ash is added. This causes a reaction,

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making gold particles settle at the bottom of the crucible in a silver-gold alloy.

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And then there's electrolysis. Through this process, gold is purified to 99.99% pure. An

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electric current is emitted, dissolving an anode, while gold plates on the titanium

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cathode and impurities settle at the bottom. You see this process of purifying gold causes

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pressure, and this pressure produces such a wonderful, pure process, and marriage is such.

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With the Lord and with each other, you are going to walk through some powerful moments. You see,

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we can say good, and we can say bad. We can say positive, we can say negative, but no matter what

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it may be, it's going to be powerful, and it's going to shock you in ways that you never could

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imagine. And yet, at the very end of it all, there's Claire and Luke, and this beautiful moment

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with the Lord saying, we are becoming better, and pure, and holy, and refined through every season

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of life. And so that's my challenge, that you would take moments of tension and frustration,

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or moments that are beautiful, and great, and high mountains, and it's this is refining me.

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This is creating in me something that is beautiful, and pure. And so I am thankful to be able to stay

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in here with y'all, and share that, and celebrate the refining that is now Luke and Claire. So welcome,

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may God bless this marriage, and continue to discover all that you are because of each other.

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So I have, I want to read one more thing that Luke and Claire have prepared, and have brought to us,

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because we get to see their mission, and their purpose. And so I have one chance to declare to

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the world who they are now as a family. And this is in first person, so this is Luke and Claire

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speaking. We are called to be stewards of his love, and his light, to bring sustainable life to the

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earth, and his people, to restore desolate inheritances, to walk in the land he has prepared

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for us, and to lead our community. The Lord says, in my time of my favor, I will answer you, and in the

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day of salvation, I will help you. I will keep you, and make you to be a covenant for the people,

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and to restore the land, and to reassign its desolate inheritances. And finally, Deuteronomy 8,

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1 through 8, a family verse that Luke and Claire have prepared. So it's paramount that you keep

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the commandments of God, your God. Walk down the roads, he shows, and reverently respect him.

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God is about to bring you into a good land, a land with brooks and rivers, springs and lakes,

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streams out of the hills and through the valleys. It's a land of wheat and barley, of vines and figs,

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and pomegranates, and olives, and oil, and honey. Sounds very exciting. It's a land where all you'll,

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the land where you'll never go hungry, which is like through those doors over there.

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Always food on the table, and a roof over your head. It's a land where you'll go iron out of,

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where you'll get iron out of rocks, and mine copper from the hills. These are promises of

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God to you. This is promises of our Lord to you, of the venture, and the excitement, and the life ahead.

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And that we get to hold tight to these promises, in days where it may be hard, in days where it might be

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cloudy, and our vision is a little bit skew. But when we hold fast to who he is, and who we are

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because of him, then we have a land ahead, where we'll never go hungry, and there will be a roof

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over our head, or a van, or whatever you decide to live in. So, oh man, I can't be serious for too long.

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They have prepared their own vows, and I would love for someone wonderful to begin. Y'all are both

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reaching okay? They've prepared their own vows, and so there you go. This is your mic. I will, um...

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Claire, you've known me since I was a skinny, nerdy band kid in high school, so it's safe to say you've

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seen me at my worst, and yet here we are. After exactly two years and 11 months to the day of

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laughing, crying, and venturing out...

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problem-solving, and passionately enjoying life with you, I'm ready to sign

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myself up for a lifetime subscription. The following terms and conditions

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apply. I promise to love, honor, and trust you through every high and low, to serve

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and protect you, and make you smile daily. I vow that whenever there's a spider to

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kill, I'll always come to you for help. I promise to never let anything come

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between us, and to value you constantly. I promise to always prioritize my

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relationship with God over you, and let his peace, joy, and love reign over our

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home, and make Jesus the head of our household. I promise to be faithful and

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loyal to you, and be your biggest cheerleader. I promise to dream with you,

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and never forget that magic is real, because I want to spend my forever like

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that. Luke, I see these vows not as promises, but as privileges. The first

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time you visited Nashville to see me before we were dating, a friend asked me

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if I ever got sick of spending time with you, and I honestly responded no. It's a

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privilege and an honor to share my life with you each and every day. You are my

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biggest adventure, and my favorite challenge. May the following serve as a

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field guide to our next affinity. I will put the Creator first, and promise to

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prioritize peace and patience in our home. To love you unconditionally, and be

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a garden for that love to grow daily. To explore the world together, learning and

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listening to each other's perspectives. Not to kill the spiders, but to take them

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outside without harm. To laugh with you when you're happy, and to dare you to

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dream and chase after those with you. To challenge you to be a better person, and

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allow you to do the same for me, refining if you will. And to listen not only to

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your words, but your actions as well. And to serve as a space where your soul

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feels at home. With you, the choice of an ordinary life is simply not an option, so

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cheers to forever. You can clap. I was also like really close to all that. I felt like I

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wasn't in a part of the moment. As a sign of nourishment and care for their

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marriage, they have chosen to plant a seed to show growth and strength for

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them as a family. So they're gonna step right over, and we're gonna enjoy.

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Well as Luke and Claire have already exchanged rings, it is my great honor to

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now pronounce you man and wife. Luke, you may kiss your bride.

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Kiss her again.

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I'm high on believing that you're in love with me.

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Lips are sweet as candy, its taste is on my mind.

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Girl, you got me thirsty for another cup of wine.

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Got a plug from you, girl, but I don't need it.

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I'm high on believing that you're in love with me.

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Lips are sweet as candy, its taste is on my mind.

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But I don't need it.