“It’s better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Thought For the Day: It’s Better To Have Tried and Failed Than To Live Life Wondering What Would Have Happened If I Had Tried
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First Principles: Anything Is Better Than Indecision. We Must Decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and Can Do the Other Thing
“(A)nything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.” – Ulysses S. Grant
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Thought For the Day: If Government Becomes A Lawbreaker, It Breeds Contempt For Law; It Invites Every Man To Become A Law Unto Himself
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means – to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal – would bring terrible retributions.” – Louis D. Brandeis
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First Principles: As the Business of the Soldier Is To Fight, So the Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ
“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan Edwards
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Mercy Overshadows All
Mercy Overshadows All
by Michael Doyle
Looking around in comparison,
And experiencing what I've done and not done,
To be honest, there's grace in my history,
And I have relied a lot on mercy.
I feel a lot of loving kindness my way
Without hessed, I wouldn't have made it to today.
Sowed with love, my life has grown
Through all of God's love I have been shown.
God's word has seen me through my fails
And somehow saved me from a path to Hell.
All of the times that I've walked outside His law,
Only to return when I listened to His call.
That's the thing about the boundaries of grace.
Now I do my best to stay within God's embrace.
And as much as I have been forgiven,
I know to show this love and grace in every step I live in.
To forgive and forget includes me and you.
We walk in God's freedom in all that we do.
Looking back on all of our living history,
What we see most is God's sweet victory.
Embracing our encounters with God teaches us enough -
That living for God is real, not a bluff.
God responds to our extended hand with His strong hand.
In every way, He is loving and gracefully understands.
And though I do my best to continuously serve,
I see my mistakes but live for His purpose.
Faithfully, I continue to press on in my walk
And I hope that is so much better than my talk.
Joined together as partners in compassion's prayer,
We'll meet in that place where God is there,
And as long as we meet God in His sacred place,
We will be filled with His love, protected by His grace.
We will be filled with His love, protected by His grace.
(c) October 4, 20226 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Comparison, Experience, Faith, God, Grace, Hessed, History, Honesty, Jesus, Kindness, Love, Mercy, Overshadow, Poetry and Poems, Sown
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Thought For the Day: Trust the Past To the Mercy of God, the Present To His Love, and the Future To His Providence
“Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.” – Saint Augustine
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First Principles: Because of the Lord’s Great Love, We Are Not Consumed, For His Compassions Never Fail. They Are New Every Morning; Great Is Your Faithfulness
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3:22-23
Unbreaking the Broke
Unbreaking the Broke
by Michael Doyle
All victories carry costs incomparable.
Some of these are blatantly unbearable.
Still, battles against monsters must be won
If the worst evil is to become undone.
Cartel leaders order innocents to death,
Without pause, in a sinful breath.
Signaling death warrants as a device,
These death lords are careless with their vice.
How do you unbreak the broke?
Words shattered as a brave man spoke.
Looking on his woman's grave,
The love of his life, he couldn't save.
Like musical scores played on deadly violins,
The blood flows from crime-related violence.
It's just the cost of doing this sort of business.
It's nothing personal if it's all blandly faceless.
Forget the subtle nuances and chilling allegories,
Murder for hire and rampantly unfolding horror stories
Have no other reason but to kill for misbegotten thrill.
These kinds of monsters have a view to the kill.
How do you unbreak the broke?
Words shattered as a brave man spoke.
Looking on his woman's grave,
The love of his life, he couldn't save.
Where there is now deep grief, there was deep love.
Those who survive seek solace in prayer to the above.
The ghosts of their memories walk beside us every day.
Those left living carry on because there is no other way.
The politicians have a lot of excuses they keep giving,
While the rest of us carry on the business of living.
Fear is the currency on which these monsters feed,
Only by escaping addiction will humanity be freed.
How do you unbreak the broke?
Words shattered as a brave man spoke.
Looking on his woman's grave,
The love of his life, he couldn't save.
(c) October 3, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Battle, Break, Broke, Cartel, Cost, Death, Death Lords, Death Warrant, Evil, Grave, Monster, Poetry and Poems, Sinful Breath, Vice, Victory, Words
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Thought For the Day: Do All You Can To Preach the Gospel and If Necessary Use Words
“Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!” – St. Francis of Assissi
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First Principles: Honest Conviction Is My Courage; the Constitution Is My Guide
“Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.” – Andrew Johnson
Interestingly, among popular quotes, I believe Andrew Johnson is among the last presidents to rightfully assert that our nation is a REPUBLIC, not a democracy. I detest every time I hear our political figures wrongfully surrender our chosen form of governance for the rule of the mob.
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