Renewing wedding vows is something done by millions of couples for varying reasons. You have couples who renew their vows after 50 years of marriage just to reaffirm their love and commitment for each other.

There are also couples who are renewing their wedding vows because they have gone through some difficult times and issues and just want to publicly show their commitment to each other.

If you decide to renew your wedding vows you will find some folks who think it's a great romantic experience and tell you that you should do it. Others will question the reason why you are renewing your vows. You'll get questions like "what happened" or "was your spouse unfaithful".

The only people who need to really understand the reasons why renewing your wedding vows is important is you and your spouse. Once you decide to renew your vows you only need to here from folks whether they will or will not be there to support you.

So, why is renewing wedding vows important to you? Are you looking forward to saying those sacred vows all over again or are you looking to heal your marriage by getting married again?

If you are tying the knot again because of the deep love you have for each other that's marvelous. I wish more couples could experience what you have. However, if you are counting on renewing the vows you repeated on your wedding day to fix your marriage you might be a little disappointed.

I'm not saying that getting married again will hurt your marriage but it takes more than repeating a few words. It's a good first step but to really heal your marriage you will need to take additional steps to rebuild love, commitment trust, intimacy and friendship.

There are so many things you can do, in addition to renewing your wedding vows, to help heal your marriage. You can work together to recapture the relationship you had when you first recited those "I do" or "I will" vows. A lot of folks don't invest the time or energy to saving their marriage and unfortunately end of divorced.