Moved to wonder why

I just watched the video on the Compassionart website. Made me wonder why we get so worked up over so many small things when God wants us to have a much bigger heart towards the poor and oppressed.

Once again, Micah 6:8 rings in my ears:

He has shown you O man what is good, and what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with the Lord your God.

I first underlined those words in 1978. I wish they'd been more fundamental to my thinking over the last 30 years than they have. Maybe now is the time, as the church rediscovers God's heart of compassion, for which God placed those words on my heart all those years ago.