For companionship to signify long life commitment. Marriage also provide security for children's. Marriage is not only a physical union it also a spiritual and emotional union. It also provides an opportunity to grow in selflessness as you serve your wife and children. It gives us a life partner,a teammate, as we move through the challenges of life together. The bond of marriage gives us the support to defeat temptation by engaging in deep, satisfying love a love that gives,to and recieves,from our mate physically, emotionally and spiritually.