Reasons to Marry: To be of service in a community together, e.g. provide Neighborhood JY Group together

Sunday night we reflected on 5 messages that are important. 
  1. Ridvan 2010
  2. Ridvan 2011
  3. 28 December 2010
  4. 29 August 2010, and 
  5. Ruhi Book 3, Section on the Fund

Some of the main words from these messages have to do with: 
1. Look to our Example Abdu'l-Baha to do the work that is needed now. 
2. Encourage:  Agility, Breadth of Vision, Clarity of Thought, Flexibility, Resourcefulness, Stand Should to Shoulder, Support in Struggles, Partake in Joys, Walk Side by Side
3. Understand the Process (28 Dec 2010 Para 4)
4. Share the Vision of the Process
5. Purpose: make the world a better place

Basically do things that will help us have love, harmony, and unity and be of great service to each other, our families and communities. We talked about how important it is to reach the young people. And a loving marriage could allow us to meet and help provide junior youth groups for the young people in our communities. Yet another strong reason for marriage!
1) We're enjoined to marry as a "fortress for well-being and salvation" by Baha'u'llah, 
2) We can practice the virtues and benefits of loving, understanding, being flexible yet focused, standing should to shoulder with each other, supporting each other in our struggles, partaking in joys, walking side by side. 
3) We can serve more - as we create a harmonious, unified, committed marriages* - we can do more for society. We can open our homes to other families and provide devotional gatherings, children's classes, junior youth groups and study circles. We can visit our friends, too.

*Baha'i marriage is the commitment of the two parties one to the other, and their mutual attachment of mind and heart.  Each must, however, exercise the utmost care to become thoroughly acquainted with the character of the other, that the binding covenant between them may be a tie that will endure forever.  Their purpose must be this: to become loving companions and comrades and at one with each other for time and eternity....  

The true marriage of Baha'is is this, 
  1. that husband and wife should be united both physically and spiritually, 
  2. that they may ever improve the spiritual life of each other, and 
  3. may enjoy everlasting unity throughout all the worlds of God.  This is Baha'i marriage. (`Abdu'l-Baha:  Selections ...  `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 118)