Have I Lost That Loving Feeling?

Something has been happening that, I have finally realized, now disturbs me greatly.  I was reading a news article about a tragic shooting and I didn't flinch, I didn't feel any compassion, I didn't have any empathy or pity.......I found myself feeling absolutely nothing.  It was at that point that I realized that I have become so jaded and calloused by the constant flow of sights, scenes, tragic events, that my heart no longer registered shock or pain or anything really.  

I am grateful that God has chosen to work with me on changing this, but it's frightening to go through each day without feeling.  

God promised: "And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart." - Ezekiel 36:26. 

My prayer, not just for me but for all of us, is that we will not become so jaded, calloused, and hard hearted that we no longer are bothered by the pain and struggles around us.

"Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again." - Psalm 51:10