There is a worship song by Brooke Fraser and Hillsong United called “Hosanna.” It has been one of my favorite songs since it first came out in 2007. The song echoes the Triumphal Entry when all the people shouted “Hosanna!” at the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem. If you remember that after Jesus entered Jerusalem, he wept over the city (Luke 19:41-44). In the bridge of the song, Fraser sings,

“Heal my heart and make it clean,
Open up my eyes to the things unseen.
Show me how to love like you have loved me.
Break my heart for what breaks yours.
Everything I am for Your Kingdom’s cause
As I walk from earth into eternity.”

“Break my heart for what breaks yours” became a prayer of mine after hearing that song. There is so much in the world that I can be unmoving to, but God is moved because God loves each of us. I am called to express my love for God by how I love my neighbors- all my neighbors. To do that, I must have empathy and compassion for the situations they find themselves in. My heart must break when God’s heart breaks because I am learning to love my neighbor the way that God loves them- and me.

As we go about our days, as we pray and follow Jesus, our Master- may our hearts be broken by the things that break God’s heart because we are learning to love the way God loves.