What breaks Yours

I was just thinking about something today - how the world co-exists. How our society lives together. How friends meet up and chill for the day, or how employees of a company work together for any amount of time. How one has a conversation with another, and how much is hidden behind the possible facades. How it's not expected that you know everything that is going on with the person you are interacting with, but that doesn't change the fact that he/she is going through it. In a conversation, the two individuals could be on opposite sides of the scale, one having an awesome day and the other having a tough time getting through his/hers. Yet the people in this day and age seem to have been taught to "be strong" and have a certain consistency with the way they act, therefore not revealing an extra smile, nor a frustration of the heart. To not always show on the outside whether or not their lives are going extra well, or poorly. So those two people in that conversation could be talking, but still be deceived by any masks put on by each other.


I've been thinking...if, even through a "standard" interaction, there is no negative emotion shown or voiced...what if (I know..."what if") it's still existent? I know what it's like to be hiding something while talking to someone as if it was just an average whatever day. What if one of the pair is struggling with something, and this slightly obligatory conversation is carrying on as if he/she wasn't? It just seems so...=\. I don't really know what the point of this post is. But I was sorting out (oh man...such an ordeal) some of my iTunes library today and played a little of my Hillsong music, and Hosanna came on. For such a popular "trendy" congregation song (I won't get into that right now), this one is actually so close to my heart. Some of the lyrics that hit me the most are "break my heart for what breaks Yours." I don't know...even though sometimes we as human beings can't really tell whether or not something is up with our friends, coworkers, or peers, (this is gonna sound cliche) God always, always knows. I find that so awe-striking. And for anyone (hahahahahaha I bet there's no one!) who reads this at all, I hope you find it encouraging that He does, and even better, that He's the only one who can actually do what's best for you to get you through whatever it is. But in the meantime...I'm always trying to apply those lyrics to my life, so if you're okay with it, I'd want to do what I can to help you out:)

Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.