To understand the spiritual significance of marriage and family, we must turn to God, our Creator, to learn what He had in mind in making the human race.
The hope for a happy, fulfilling marriage to the person we most deeply
love is one of the most entrenched desires of men and women. Happily
sharing our hopes, dreams, fortune and the breadth of life's experiences
in the most intimate way is one of the most fulfilling endeavors of
all.
A good marriage further blessed with happy, respectful, successful
children who provide the same kind of grandchildren is the crowning
touch of a good life. And what a life this is! What success! If possible,
we'd all love to have this story be our story. This idealistic
picture is a universal dream. Everyone wants the results. But not everyone
wants to live the life that produces them.
From the beginning God revealed that marriage was a special union between
a man and woman because, to put it bluntly, that was the way to have
children. Sexual intercourse between a male and female united in marriage
produced children within that family. Yet the benefits of traditional
marriage extend beyond reproduction.
