In reading Warren Wiersbe's commentary on Nehemiah, Be Determined, I cam across some amazingly deep and yet simple quotes. I have lived with these questions. I think it might bless you to meditate on this just a minute or two.

• The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.

The statement certainly summarizes what Jesus taught in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37); and it rebukes all those who fold their arms complacently, smile benignly, and say somewhat sarcastically, “Ask me if I care!”

Like large doors, great life-changing events can swing on very small hinges. It was just another day when Moses went out to care for his sheep, but on that day he heard the Lord’s call and became a prophet (Ex. 3). It was an ordinary day when David was called home from shepherding his flock; but on that day, he was anointed king (1 Sam. 16). It was an ordinary day when Peter, Andrew, James, and John were mending their nets after a night of failure; but that was the day Jesus called them to become fishers of men (Luke 5:1–11). You never know what God has in store, even in a commonplace conversation with a friend or relative; so keep your heart open to God’s providential leading.

• Some people prefer not to know what’s going on, because information might bring obligation.
  
  
• Mark Twain wrote, “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.”
  
  
• When we truly care about people, we want the facts, no matter how painful they may be. “Practical politics consists in ignoring facts,”
  
  
• Are we the kind of people who care enough to ask?
  
  
• God is still looking for people who care, people like Nehemiah, who cared enough to ask for the facts, weep over the needs, pray for God’s help, and then volunteer to get the job done.

“Here am I, Lord—send me!”