By Bradley Pinion for REALCLEARRELIGION
We all have certain messages that stick with us.
Maybe there’s something your mom or dad told you that you’ve never forgotten. Maybe there’s a quote from a movie that has always inspired you or lyrics from a song that have made you think differently about life.
Personally, the words I’ve never been able to get out of my head are these: As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Those words from the Bible (Proverbs 23:7) teach us that our actions come from what’s in our hearts. And the best way I’ve found to know my heart is to know what breaks it.
And while there are so many issues that break our hearts — human trafficking, sexual abuse, social injustice or anything in between — I bet there are certain issues that tug on your heart a little differently. I believe there’s a purpose behind that. God wants to use your passion for good.
For my wife, Kaeleigh, and me, it’s taken years to realize which causes we care about the most. In 2022, we made a key step of discovery when we traveled to Tanzania with Compassion International, a global organization that supports children living in poverty.
