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If you were blessed to have children or have ever spent much time around them you have heard one word more than any other: WHY?

Kids are forever asking the question. The fact of the matter is most of us like kids are still asking the why – a lot!

• Why is _________ not working?
• Why is this happening in my body?
• Why is the world in the condition it is in?
• Why am I depressed?
• Why are you mad at me?
• Why do you care? Why do I care?
• Why are my kids not doing as I say?
• Why are you reading this post?

Here’s one more:  Why should you be so committed to those relationships that matter?

It’s one of the most important WHY questions.

HERE’S WHY:

• Our relationships are gifts – even the tough ones.
• We need each other.
• Go it alone and you have no one to fall back on.
• If you don’t take care of the relationship with your spouse or your __________, then who will?
• All of life is about relationships. All of eternity is about the same. Best to figure it out now!
• We are told to love – even our enemies! (Says an important figure in history whose name is Jesus.)
• There is nothing more important, more fulfilling, more joy-bringing, more lasting, more needed, more craved for, more important than relationships.

Now I understand, relationships are a love/hate experience. I get that. I have known both extremes – quite often actually. When I am on the side of feeling the hate, I have to fight through it to get back to love. And it is a battle! Sometimes I can turn the tide fairly quickly, sometimes it has taken days, weeks, even years.

BUT fight I MUST because of the WHY.

Knowing the WHY keeps me in the battle until

love once again wins out.

How about you? What “why” would you underscore from above or add to the list?  Share your comment below!

Mark Oelze, Author/Creator of PLEDGEtalk