Thanksgiving Pause
by Michael Doyle

Fighting on until backed into the rope
We do what we can even as losing hope
I look around and see some about to shatter
It makes me wonder if our prayers matter

Some irrationally have lost the will to think
While others still lose themselves in drink
We push from a worldly perspective's point of view
Finding instead, that it just won't do

In all of our passion we outlive those days
Putting on our best in adopting Christian ways
There's more to living in a positive light
With a Thanksgiving pause, grace sets things right

A look into a mirror shows how we finally grew
Into maturity as a new man who is new but not new
But one that has put away some childish ways
Finding genuine freedom in my born again days

This Thanksgiving I wonder where the year went
And what it is that accounts for all my time spent
Looking on my daughters doing schoolwork diligently
With their eyes on God, they behave so studiously 

In all of our passion we outlive those days
Putting on our best in adopting Christian ways
There's more to living in a positive light
With a Thanksgiving pause, grace sets things right

As precious as they are to me I see their humility
No day passes that I don't see all they've taught me
Teaching lessons learned about my vast simplicity
And its value in a world overly filled with complexity

My soul is quiet and content no longer needing more
It is as if my competing mind finally knows the score
I have seen again what it means to become as if a child
And how weaned from the world, I'm no longer defiled

In all of our passion we outlive those days
Putting on our best in adopting Christian ways
There's more to living in a positive light
With a Thanksgiving pause, grace sets things right

My mind focuses on the Book, no longer guessing
As I watch my daughters, counting my blessings
In this life with a heart filled with integrity
This Thanksgiving Day is spent with my family 

I find my joy in the Lord, and away from old sin
Finding a cheerful heart is the best medicine
And with love such as this, I have lived the best
In God and my family, I find my heart's rest

In all of our passion we outlive those days
Putting on our best in adopting Christian ways
There's more to living in a positive light
With a Thanksgiving pause, grace sets things right

(c) November 28, 2024   Michael Doyle
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