God fights my battles first, Giving me a spiritual thirst. Inviting me to pray continually, I make my way to eternity.
My battles are begun in prayer, Speaking my challenges to the God who cares. This then is how I best fight, Through the morning into the late night.
His then is all of the glory As we live our part of the story. We speak to God in prayer and praise, Filled with gratitude in all of our days.
With every heartbeat, I am in wonder, Filled with awe at His thunder. It drowns out all of the noise, Filling my heart with a thousand joys.
All the moments of every passing hour, I know that I'll never fumble or sour At speaking His name with all my praise. He is the Lord of my passing days.
His name is all of the glory As we live our part of the story. We speak to God in prayer and praise, Filled with gratitude in all of our days.
(c) August 25, 2026 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.” – Sam Levenson
“Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Charles Lindbergh
“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.” – James Madison
“By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass current for the merchandise of heaven.” – John Rutledge
True to each other down to the soul, We wanted each other to meet our goals. The sculpture of each became beautiful. We encouraged each other into being wonderful.
You know, go ahead and shape me As you go ahead to make me Into the reflection you wanted to see In this love, I found possibility.
We used to talk about divergence, But time has brought us to convergence. We chipped away at the difference Until we held each other in reverence.
We approached this with magic’s levity, Sucked into each other with the gravity. We don’t mean it so much as a correction. But unintentional artistry loves reflection.
Times spent getting to know each other, Becomes time spent in grooming one another. We never spoke in terms of subtle baselines, But we blended without words like clever mimes.
We used to talk about divergence, But time has brought us to convergence. We chipped away at the difference Until we held each other in reverence.
We all seek connection and to be understood. These are things we see as fitting good. It’s a little bit me and a lot of being you, Whittled away into a magnum opus that feels true.
In the commonality that has brought us together, The more we grow, the more we become meshed better. Perceptions of each other over life’s distractions Are found to lead us to our mutual satisfactions.
We used to talk about divergence, But time has brought us to convergence. We chipped away at the difference Until we held each other in reverence.
(c) August 24, 2026 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade’s wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the consequences be what they would: I from this time determined that I would never rest until I had effected its abolition.” – William Wilberforce
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 