Relationships. Counseling. Hugging. Love. Weeping with those who weep. Rejoicing 
with those who rejoice.
with those who rejoice.
Why bother?
To love, to care, to share is to place your heart out in the open, for it to be caressed or crushed, abused or adored, manipulated or molded.
For months, or years; your help may be appreciated; then situations change and you are demoted from a mentor to a meddler. From a friend to a foe. From a confidant to an outsider.
Why bother?
Because God bothered.
A role as a parent or a friend is a role filled with risk.
You know - from painful experience - this is true.
More important, the Lord knows this. And, yes, He knows from extremely painful experience.
His children hurt Him, disappoint Him, fail Him, ignore Him. His friends desert, dismay, distort.
Yet the Lord continues to love, forgive, and desires to be an incredibly close counselor and comforter.
And He says, "Go and do likewise."
Why bother?
Because God bothered.
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