Break my Heart for What Breaks Yours

Break my heart for what breaks yours. Sitting at work today my heart broke for my patient. Talking to your people who are trying to find their path in life and don't know what to do sometimes breaks my heart. Young children in poor homes breaks my heart. For so many things in this world my heart aches, and y only response can be to pray. The RN told me my patients story this afternoon and my heart broke for her. I wanted to ease her suffering, take away her pain and for her to be filled with peace. A young girl sought my advice in relationships and others hard topics last night and it broke my heart to hear her struggles. I love her so much and am so grateful she sought me out, but none the less my heart broke for her, for her confusion. 

Today I prayed the sorrowful mysteries and as I was praying I could only think break my heart for what breaks yours. Jesus gives us hearts filled with empathy, compassion, mercy and love. He fills us with these things, so as we see and experience the suffering of the world we can pour out these things to those who suffer, and when we run dry he fills us again. 

Jesus, breaks heart for what breaks yours. Open my heart and my eyes to the sufferings of the world, and I can help, how I can serve, how I can love. 

Today I learned a valuable lesson. As I sit with patient tonight i was watching the RN's do their job and longing for the day I do that, but I also realize Jesus has placed me in my current position right now to help make me a better nurse, to open my eyes to the suffering, and to being compassionate with my patients. He is giving me opportunity to love and grow where I'm at. He's teaching me the importance of beig present and attentive to my patient and using my spare time to love those who maybe have no family coming to visit them or who might be in an unsafe or unloved situation. 

Break my heart for what breaks yours, O Lord, and help me to shine your light wherever I may go.