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Learning to do Good

Scripture Isaiah 1:17 learn to do good;        seek justice, correct oppression;        bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause Devotion:             As we approach another presidential election cycle the candidates are coming out of the woodwork. We would do well to follow Isaiah’s prescription above. While all the candidates would give mental assent to this scripture, and only God can judge their hearts, we can learn something from their actions. Those actions betray a favoritism toward the big money large firms. To make that worse the big money continues to move jobs overseas, raising prices of everything from groceries to prescription drugs all to the harm of lower income people             Notice that the scripture begins with the verb “learn”. God knows that we in our own flesh we will likely fail. Having the reigns of power tend to corrupt even the purest of souls. We must, therefore, seek to contact with our legislators letti