Monthly Archives: November 2023

Thought For the Day: When You Hurt People, They Begin To Love you Less. That’s What Careless Words Do. They Make People Love You A Little Less

“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.” – Arundhati Roy

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Each Moment’s Thankfulness

Each Moment’s Thankfulnessby Michael DoyleIn this world folded into blindnessToo many have forgotten kindnessI think it begins with gratitudeLooking on the world with right attitudeBefore this, there is the participationThat slowly seeps into relaxationPeace comes with every breath takenAllowing this … Continue reading

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Have A Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving 2023!!

Whatever your favorite ways of celebrating and saying thanks to God, family, and friends, I hope your days are filled with joy and blessings!!

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Thought For the Day: As We Express Our Gratitude, We Must Never Forget That the Highest Appreciation Is Not To Utter Words But To Live By Them

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, Be Grateful For His Benefits, and Humbly Implore His Protection and Favor

“(I)t is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor…” – George Washington, Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789 … Continue reading

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That You Know Me

That You Know Meby Michael DoyleYou are the same God todayAs you were in my yesterdayYou are the same God who has stayedFaithfully as the God to whom I prayedAll those years so long agoAnd through all my ebbs and … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: We Have To Do With the Past Only As We Can Make It Useful To the Present and the Future

“We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.” – Frederick Douglass, in The Meaning of the Fourth of July For the Negro

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First Principles: Therefore, As We Have Opportunity, Let Us Do Good To All People, Especially To Those Who Belong To the Family of Believers

“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” – Galatians 6:10

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These Are the Days of Us

Dedicated to my youngest daughter who I very dearly love and very nearly lost two years ago today… These Are the Days of Usby Michael DoyleThese are the days of usI learned this from a childWho gave this wisdom becauseThis … Continue reading

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In All My Remaining Days

In All My Remaining Daysby Michael DoyleNo matter what the seasonI’ve found that Jesus is the reasonHe has no other rivalAs the key to my survivalI call on His holy nameAnd if it is all the sameI will give him … Continue reading

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