Knot Ceremony Question! (Pictures)

Here are pictures of the tightened knots. *Note the sailor's knot is a triple strand version.

I've never seen this before. We're doing God's Knot.

#1 is of the 3 cords

#2 how it's braided together

Gold Strand (God)

The divinity of God is represented in Gold. This covenant relationship is initiated by Him, will be built under His authority, and is intended to glorify Him.

Purple Strand (Groom)

As a new creation in Christ, the majesty of the Groom is represented in purple. As the husband loves his wife and submits himself to the Lord, the Lord in turn will demonstrate His great love in the marriage relationship.

White Strand (Bride)

Having been cleansed by salvation in Christ, the purity of the Bride is represented in white. As the wife honors her husband and submits herself to the Lord, the Lord in turn will nurture and strengthen the marriage relationship.

Toward the end of the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom braid the Cord of Three Strands together. The groom holds a small metal ring with three attached strands. The bride then braids the strands together, symbolizing the union of God, husband and wife. The colors of the cords is significant.

When the braid is complete, the officiant can use the braid to bond the couple together. This can be done by loosely tying their hands together or draping the braid over their shoulders.

At the last wedding I attended, the couple tied the fisherman's knot. In the ceremony, the officiant said that it was the strongest knot, and gets stronger as each end is pulled (not sure if that's actually true or not).

Hailey, That's the same thing we are planning on doing... the story behind the strongest knot is what drew us in. I've just found pictures of all 3 knots so I'm not sure which to do...

We're planning on doing the fisherman's knot as well!

The trick with knots is that a proper knot gets tighter by pulling the ends but if you push them inward it comes undone easily. its why FH told me he didnt want to do the knot thing. any good knot can easily be undone. the symbolism is flawed.

@Krystin, are you all doing the knot in the second picture?? Our wording that we're using says "The Fisherman's Knot (or True Lover's Knot)...." which implies that they are the same knot, but they're really not.... Hmmm...