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We had a great time all day on
March 22nd. The Sedona four wheel drive crew all made it
up the mountain with only a few bruises. Other than one
very late arrival (by a group that shall remain nameless) and
a bit of wind things went about as close to perfect as we
could have hoped. Shirley and Julie prepared a big
picnic for everyone to enjoy once we got to the top of the
mountain. The entire group was extremely grateful.
We were concerned
that it might be cold once we got to the site but unusually
high temperatures made it very pleasant.
Unfortunately, the warm weather also resulted in a few sun
burns :-( Once the entire group had made it to the
site we began the ceremony.  Tammy was the first to speak
and she read from the first book of Corinthians. It was
a little long but she did great. The passage reads as
follows: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a
clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not
love I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to
feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but
have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long
and is kind; love does not envy; love does not
parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely,
does not seek it's own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things. Love never fails. But whether
they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will
vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in
part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that
which is in part will be done away. When I was a child,
I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a
child; but when I became a man, I put away childish
things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face
to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just
as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love,
these three; but the greatest of these is
love.
 Next up was
Arlene and she read a passage from Shakespeare's Sonnet
118. The passage reads as follows: Let me not to the
marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love
is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or
blends with the remover to remove: O no! It is an
ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never
shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, whose
worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's
not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his
bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his
brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of
doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ,
nor no man ever loved.
The
last passage was supposed to be read by Barbara but her voice
wasn't strong enough for
everyone to hear so Jay stepped up to the challenge. All
that leadership training really paid off :-) His passage
was from the book of Ecclesiastes and read as follows:
Two are better than one; because
they have a good reward for their labor. For if they
fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him
that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another
to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they
have heat; but how can one be warm alone? And if
one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken. Finally,
it was time to do our vows. Our good friend Martin had
us repeat after him and this is what we pledged to each
other: From this moment I take you as my best friend
and life partner. I pledge to honor, encourage, and
support you through our walk together. When our way
becomes difficult, I promise to stand by you and uplift you,
so that through our union we can accomplish more than we could
alone. I promise to work at our love and always make you
the priority in my life. With every beat of my heart, I
will love you. This is my solemn vow to you
today.
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