tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18092664.post8739159200289007956..comments2009-06-10T12:54:59.688-04:00Eric Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11029885831224750447themergeblog@gmail.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18092664.post-55881821630571062102009-06-10T12:54:59.688-04:002009-06-10T12:54:59.688-04:00Sorry, forgot to explain why I was leaving that scripture. Verse 17 came to mind when reading your blog. I couldn&#39;t remember the address, so I googled it and came up with that entire passage. I decided to share all of it instead of just the 17th verse. <br /><br />I really think God wants us to be really seriously passionate about doing right, seeking justice, and encouraging the oppressed!Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510476607735574946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18092664.post-79247260348984846812009-06-10T12:52:34.659-04:002009-06-10T12:52:34.659-04:00Copied &amp; pasted from biblegateway.com<br /><br />Isaiah 1:11-17 (New International Version)<br /><br /> 11 &quot;The multitude of your sacrifices— <br /> what are they to me?&quot; says the LORD. <br /> &quot;I have more than enough of burnt offerings, <br /> of rams and the fat of fattened animals; <br /> I have no pleasure <br /> in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. <br /><br /> 12 When you come to appear before me, <br /> who has asked this of you, <br /> this trampling of my courts? <br /><br /> 13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings! <br /> Your incense is detestable to me. <br /> New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— <br /> I cannot bear your evil assemblies. <br /><br /> 14 Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts <br /> my soul hates. <br /> They have become a burden to me; <br /> I am weary of bearing them. <br /><br /> 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, <br /> I will hide my eyes from you; <br /> even if you offer many prayers, <br /> I will not listen. <br /> Your hands are full of blood; <br /><br /> 16 wash and make yourselves clean. <br /> Take your evil deeds <br /> out of my sight! <br /> Stop doing wrong, <br /><br /> 17 learn to do right! <br /> Seek justice, <br /> encourage the oppressed. [a] <br /> Defend the cause of the fatherless, <br /> plead the case of the widow.Cyndihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510476607735574946noreply@blogger.com