Romans 12:15–Rejoice with Rejoicers

Romans 12:15: "Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."

There is a sort of unwritten ethic between loved ones, the code of reflection.  Entailed within this code is the understanding that when someone is down, you get down with them, and when they are up you be up in reflection.  This code is confirmed within Scripture, that we would reflect the emotional state of all those we care about.  It is not merely a matter of respect but it is a matter of love; that we would step into the mire in love as easily as we would step up to the to the heights of happiness.  But it does not simply stop there.  The goal of this is fellowship, love, and joy.  In the end, this is the true nature of love, that we would be willing to be honest both to our friends and, by extension, to our friends.  Let us then love in this way so as to truly love as God would have us love!