A person comes to this world with one mission from God; to know his love. God loves us and in order for us to come into a complete communion with God, he wants us to love him back. We need, as a person, to understand this love in order to return it to God. Therefore he gives us examples of his love all throughout our lives.
As an infant, we experience the love our mother has for us as we are nurtured and grow into childhood. As we mature, we experience the love of both of our parents and, with the grace of God, the love of our grandparents. A father's love is essential during our maturation to make us feel connected to the great whole of the world and as an example of righteous living. These are examples of God's unconditional love for us.
As an adult, we begin to feel romantic love, a calling to find a partner with who to share our lives. We again experience God's love in this relationship as we work with our partner, in communion with them, to build a relationship which will then allow us to experience the greatest love of all; the love a parent has for a child.
This last type of love, the love one has for their child, is the ultimate example in our lives of God's love. By becoming a parent, we can fully understand the love that God has for His children. The selfless love that God has for us that drove Him to the cross to save us. He wants us to return that love to Him in a relationship that is at the center of our lives.
This is why God wants us to have children. Children are a blessing brought forth from romantic love (our second greatest love) to give the complete person an example of God's love in their lives.
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