First Baptist Church of Colorado Springs

Rings have been used for millennia as symbols of marriage. One of the earliest uses of wedding rings dates back to 3,000 BCE in ancient Egypt. And at that time, couples exchanged rings made of reeds or leather. The circle symbolized eternity, no beginning and no end. The hole in the center represented a doorway or an opening to a shared life together. And Egyptians believed that the ring finger, particularly, had a vein that led directly to the heart. So to this day, some five thousand years later, we still place our promise of unbroken love and shared life together on the finger with the most direct route to the heart.