To Serve and Care for the Poor

When you read Scripture, it's hard not to see the concern God has for the poor.  In both the Old and New Testaments we see that the people of God are called to compassionate concern and care for the poor.  Yet this seems like a struggle for the modern church.  We tend to do good things on other fronts, but are we inadvertently neglecting to reflects God's own care for the poor among us?