Earle & Sierra Wedding Vows, August 20, 2011

Earle says:

Sierra, what drew me to you was your relationship with Yahuah; the fact that you were putting Him first the way I was striving to put Him first.  My goal for our marriage is for both of us to take on the heart of our Messiah and to encourage one another to become everything that each of us can be in Yahuah, to do all that He has for us.

To achieve this I promise to encourage you by my example.  I will not only pursue a personal relationship with Yahuah but also His plans for us as a couple.  I will place His plans over my own desires.  Scripture says that I as the husband am to be the head of the household, to love you above my own life.  I covenant with you today to step into that place.  Through submission to Him, I will lead you and our family prayerfully.  I do not take my responsibilities lightly.  I know the only way I can accomplish this is by doing what He asks me to do and following where He leads me to go.  I promise before Yahuah to do this.

I love you.  With all the nuance of that word, I vow to hold you as my wife and keep you for all the days that He grants us.

This ring is a symbol of my love and faithfulness.  I marry you with this ring, with all that I have and all that I am.

Sierra says:

I will forever wear this ring as a sign of my commitment and the desire of my heart.

Earle, it is your integrity before Yahuah, your willingness to go through what ever He places in your life without bitterness or anger, and your love for Him that drew my heart.  My goal for our marriage is that we would run after Him with every fiber of our being, to have Him be the center of every aspect of our lives.

To achieve this I promise to submit to you as I would to Him.  I will seek Him for you, and support you in any way that He leads you.  I will listen and not assume that I know what you mean.  I will hold your heart as the most precious treasure that it is.  Daily seeking Him to help me to be the helper in your life that a wife should be, I will lean on Him to teach me what He intended a woman to be, both as His daughter and as your wife.

I love you, and am incredibly honored that you would trust me with your heart, that He would trust me with your heart.  I vow to respect you and obey you, to hold you…for all the days that He grants us.

This ring is a symbol of my love and faithfulness.  I marry you with this ring, with all that I have and all that I am.

Earle says:

I will forever wear this ring as a sign of my commitment and the desire of my heart.

We were granted 853 days.  Sierra (Linda Jean Olson) Hartshorn, 1962 – 2013.

Psalms 121

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
     From where shall my help come?
My help comes from the LORD,
     Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
     He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
     Will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is your keeper;
     The LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun will not smite you by day,
     Nor the moon by night.
The LORD will protect you from all evil;
     He will keep your soul.
The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in
     From this time forth and forever.

 — NASB