Professing your undying love to one another is one thing but pledging yourself to your partner mind, body and soul requires a more spiritual commitment. You will be witness to each other's life and your wedding vows should echo this. To pledge your love and caring, no matter what your future may hold in store for you both, is the one message your wedding vows should contain no matter what religious background and practices you may have.

There are however a few variations in the ceremony and how and when the vows are taken. Often the couples' religious leader will be involved in the writing of the wedding vows and so reference to their beliefs will be included. In a Jewish wedding, the vows are given when the couple exchange rings. Generally the vows will take on a meaning of commitment to the laws and faith of Israel. Sitting apart from one another, sometimes in separate rooms, a Muslim bride and groom share their wedding vows by answering 'yes' three times when asked by the officiate if they commit to each other. Meditation and contemplation are at the heart of Buddhist wedding vows.

It gives the couple an opportunity to voice their love, dedication, and future hopes for their lives together with respect given to their shared religious beliefs. It is this approach, which is meant to make their lives and marriage stronger. Omitting the mention of God or a spiritual higher power, non-denominational wedding vows will generally hit many of the more traditional themes of commitment.

If a couple have different religious backgrounds, they may choose write these types of vows to avoid conflict. Often an enormous and disproportionate amount of time and energy goes into planning the engagement, the engagement party, the wedding dress, cake, invitations and of course the wedding itself that so many couples forget the true meaning of taking this leap, no matter what religious faith or believe you have, is about your eternal commitment to one another. Writing your wedding vows can be a truly spiritually uplifting process.

Whether you choose traditional vows of your faith as a basis for writing yours or write them from scratch using your own true feelings as inspiration, always bare in mind that you are promising to love, honor, and appreciate each other for the rest of your lives.