Every Day Lived On the Ledge
by Michael Doyle

I hear God's children crying.
Lord, hear your believers trying.
We try hard to make sense of this all,
As each of us responds to your call.

We know with all legitimacy
That we must submit to godly authority.
We give our best in the form of respect,
Doing these things as needed without neglect.

God constituted government, church, and family.
Each of these is to be lived out past the homily.
The Bible was written in the times it was lived in.
Its relevance burdens us, though we are forgiven.

Humbled in our lives by God's written revelation,
Feeling hobbled by each role of government for the nation:
For our protection and prosperity at its best.
Yet, every moment of living is a continuing test.

Living life in the politics of most everything,
We do our best with the talents that we bring. 
Some would love to avoid thinking about sin.
But then, where and on what would our discussion begin?

The thoughts are easily enough incurred
That we should live so that the Bible is inferred.
Navigating through all the turbulence met
In ways that God's teachings are what we don't forget.

Like fish in the fight to swim upstream,
We follow God in our hearts as we continue to dream.
Relying on faith from the start,
The moments that we live are hard on our hearts.

Take heed and know in our shades of contemplation,
What happens mostly happens toward our redemption.
God's Word is there as our ready guide
Through the hardest of times, so that we do not slide.

Somehow, we have lost our way from true humility,
Conscious as we are of each other's dignity.
Days pass in which we know we're lost in our ways.
The people of faith live this tragedy, day after day.

Charlie Kirk was a courageous evangelistic voice.
Politely allowing his opposition to make the choice
Of wherever each conversation might transpire and go -
Until a madman stopped this democratic flow.

Society has a world-class listening problem today,
The give and take is broken in seemingly every way.
Until we learn to love enough to give earnest debate,
Our world is trapped in the shame that passes as hate.

Ultimately, God is the final authority.
We are to honor this rightful legitimacy.
We do not live in a world of ceaseless perfection.
But if we listen to God, we'll find the right correction.

Born into a world of dark words and unceasing harshness,
It can be hard to find light in all this darkness.
Some moments are harder for the best of us than others.
Yet still, we must walk with love for one another.

The foolishness in others is also found in our mirrors.
Too often, our souls are ripped in two by our errors.
Our brokenness becomes a resort to the blame game,
When, after all, it is love that is our Father's name.

We must turn from our wickedness with humility,
Allowing others their paths and esteemed dignity.
We must be wiser in the handling of our disagreements,
Whether it is with our neighbors or our governments.

(c) September 14, 2025   Michael Doyle
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