Who Is My Neighbor?

We had a rough night last night. One of our friends is going through a divorce, and he wanted to come over and talk. It's hard - he's a good person and we like him a lot - and although we don't know his (soon to be ex) wife as well, she seems to be a good person too. Somehow they are just a mis-match, and they're having a tough time with the breakup. We're having a tough time with it as well. We like both of them, and it's hard to think of them apart.

Well, we ended up talking with him until almost 11 PM. He is really questioning whether he is doing the right thing. Our advice to him - if you are both so miserable that you can't live together, then this marriage is not the right thing. God has other plans for both of you.

We didn't get much sleep last night and had a hard time getting to work this morning. But we need to care for our neighbor.

So who is my neighbor? My neighbor is the guy who needs to talk (and sometimes cry) about his divorce. My neighbor is the co-worker who chatters endlessly about her personal life because she has run out of friends and family who will listen to her. My neighbor is the old man at work who wants to talk about food and and travel and home repair, but doesn't have an audience in any of his other co-workers, so he spends a lot of time in my office.

Flashback to Mr. Rogers - "Won't you be, won't you be, please won't you be my neighbor"...