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Monthly Archives: November 2021
The Clock Keeps Ticking
The Clock Keeps Tickingby Michael DoyleFrom that pristine sense of momentWhen we come out of the wombThe clock starts tickingWith all its joy and tormentWe become the life in the roomMaking things happen through our kickingIt is in building the … Continue reading
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First Principles: Keep Your Face Always Toward the Sunshine – and Shadows Will Fall Behind You
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman (1819-1892) For something a little different in this month edging up on that day of Thanksgiving and gratitude…is a poetic thought that used … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind, Face, Fall, First Principles, Keep, Shadow, Sunshine, Toward, Walt Whitman
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Thought For the Day: If Violent Crime Is To Be Curbed… the Felon…Must Be Taught To Fear His Victim
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Tagged Curb, Fear, Felon, Intended Victim, Judge, Jury, Lt. Colonel Jeff Cooper, Police, Taught, Thought For the Day, Violent Crime
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which … Continue reading
Discernment Revisited
Discernment Revisitedby Michael DoyleI guess that’s the dealLetting Jesus take the wheelLike the wisdom of Solomon’s sealIt is what keeps it realGoing deep into the ScriptureWe find the things of GodSurrendering in devotion to ScriptureWe recommit to the ways of … Continue reading
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First Principles: Let Us Not Love With Words or Speech But With Actions and In Truth
“Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. – 1 John 3:18
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Tagged 1 John 3:18, Actions, First Principles, In Truth, Love, Speech, Us, Words
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Thought For the Day: Love Truth, But Pardon Error
“Love truth, but pardon error.” – Voltaire, philosopher and writer (21 Nov 1694-1778)
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Tagged Error, Love, Pardon, Thought For the Day, Truth, Voltaire
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In A Walk of Faith
In A Walk of Faithby Michael DoyleThe heartbeat behind the day to dayis to find our way to Jesus along the wayIt’s hard to lean into more enthusiasmThan to find anything but optimismIn a walk of faith, we are awestruckIn … Continue reading
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Tagged Awestruck, Day To Day, Enthusiasm, Find Our Way, Hands, heartbeat, Jesus, Lean Into, Optimism, Passions, Poetry and Poems, Surrender, Walk of Faith
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First Principles: I Tremble For My Country When I Reflect That God Is Just; That His Justice Cannot Sleep Forever
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 