Be Loved and Love Others

Why do we let ourselves get to the complete end of ourselves before we do something?  Why is it that we have to hit rock bottom before we will ask God for help?  I feel the worst for people when they get to that point.  I always feel like I may have had something to offer before they got there, if they only would have asked.  I'm guessing that's exactly how God feels with us.  Instead we forge ahead as if we somehow need to buck up and do it ourselves.  We act as if we must do it all on our own, as if that is somehow what God wants from us.  In reality, God just wants us to come to Him.  It doesn't matter if we have left several things undone or if we have completed every task set before us. He loves us all the same.  The amount of work we do is not what He is after.  God is after our love, just as we are after His, even when we don't realize it.  The love of God is what gives us value, not how long we can hold on or how much we can accomplish.  My heart breaks when I see people pushing themselves beyond what they have been created to do.  Worry about being loved and loving others, that's it.