More tears...this time for a good reason

This Sunday at church we sang a song that was so powerful that I immediately started crying when I saw the lyrics. I can't get the song out of my head (and I don't want to). The song is The Power of Your Name by Lincoln Brewster. Here is a sampling of the lyrics:

Surely children weren't made for the streets
And fathers were not made to leave
Surely this isn't how it should be

Surely nations were not made for war
Or the broken meant to be ignored
Surely this just can't be what you saw

Surely life wasn't made to regret
And the lost were not made to forget
Surely faith without action is dead
Lord, break this heart

And I will live
To carry your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be your hands and feet
And I will give with the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see this world be changed

Do you have any idea how powerful it is to sing those lyrics while living in a country where there are orphans on every corner begging for money and war is very real (as in terrorist attacks just a few hours away)? Not to mention the millions of broken and hurting people all over the place. I actually did not sing a single word of that song because I was too busy crying and realizing that I am doing just what the song says. I am giving the life that I have been given to love a world that's broken. And I am going beyond religion to see this world be changed. Wow! That's powerful stuff...