In God's Liberty and Love
by Michael Doyle

Watching after the Lord of all,
His ways I model and always recall.
Lesson after lesson, I will learn,
In all things that I must discern.

Grace and peace pave the way,
In all that I do, and all that I say.
These act as spiritual guardrails
To save our souls from Hell.

We've lived through a generation of deism,
And this has led to spiritual pessimism.
The Gospel's convictions remove reasons to resent
That our God is a God who is always present.

Paul made it clear about the radical alteration
That God brings change to every generation,
Shocking us and focusing our core
Into the belief in love and spiritually more.

We must remove stumbling blocks for one another,
Living God's love for our sisters and brothers.
Righteousness, peace, and joy edify us as we comport
To the ways of God that bring spiritual comfort.

Living in liberty does not mean we are to do.
Christ's reflection should be revealed in you.
Freedom to do isn't a mandate to actually do.
In all we do, we must keep God's love in me and you.

We are to keep moving beyond self to think of others.
We are to live for the good of all of our brothers.
Where we sit changes the shade of our experience.
We are to think about this and give others deference.

We should care about what God cares,
Allowing others their differences to be fair.
In keeping the doctrines blessed by the above,
We learn that greater than liberty is love.

Love calls us to a higher standard of life, 
Doing what is loving and not bringing strife.
Managed tension brings us beyond the mechanical,
Being overly stressed can make us maniacal.

Liberty is the path and is instrumental,
But it is in living love by being intentional
That church and indeed life is a garden of seasons,
With a multitude of choices and its own reasons.

The right to do should be chosen by our limits,
And in all we do, we are guided by the Holy Spirit.
To bring this to a navigated sense of clarity,
Life should be lived with love over our liberty.

(c) October 12, 2025   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved