Day 21-- Break my Heart

"Bring Your love to life inside of me. Why don't you break my heart 'til it moves my hands and feet for the broken and the hopeless, for the ones who don't know that You love them? Bring Your love to life inside of me."

I heard this song a couple of months ago while I was running and it's really been on my heart since then. The past few days especially I've had the above lyrics stuck in my head. I've really been convicted that there are people all around me fighting some kind of battle whether by choices they've made or circumstances they can't avoid. I feel like so many times we all just pass through life and by each other without ever stopping to notice anyone but ourselves. God never intended for us to go through life alone. If He did He could have put us each on our own little island and left us to take care of ourselves, but He didn't. He gave us the body of Christ to encourage each other and build each other up. He also commanded us to show His love to others including unbelievers. "Inasmuch as you've done unto the least of these you've done it unto me."

Here's my problem though; I go through life and just pass everyone by. I'm too selfish to take the time to look for people to be a blessing to. We don't make an effort to reach out to people until it effects us personally. Or at least that's how I am. Sometimes it takes a broken heart for us to realize how much other people need encouragement and in some cases, a Savior. So my prayer for this new year is that God would break my heart and break it until I am willing to move to help someone.