In The United States of America, we often become overwhelmed by partisanship and begin to let our politics shape our worldview instead of the other way around. Over the past year as the political debate around immigration and America's role in the world has intensified, many of us (myself included) have allowed our desire to be on the right side of a political debate overcome our conscience to help people in need. Take for example, the refugee crisis in the Middle East.

While Republicans and Democrats bicker over national security, with most politicians on both sides of the isle putting public service aside to score political points, men, women, and children fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, literally running for their life to find any place of refuge for themselves and their families. These refugees aren't Republicans, or Democrats. They don't have the luxury of debating and voting on political issues. They are devastated human beings looking for a better life.

There are legitimate national security concerns when it comes to taking in refugees, but no matter what side we find ourselves on, it is important that we avoid hostility towards the world's most vulnerable citizens and instead fill our hearts with love and compassion, and do what we can to give hope to those who have none.

All of us can help by donating to various refugee refugee sources, offering prayer, and cementing our role as a compassionate nation while having a healthy debate about national security.