Christian Thoughts On Father's Day
by Michael Doyle

On Father's Day, we talk confluence,
And how faithfulness becomes influence.
What we do as we go along,
Plays like the notes of a praise song.

Opening with prayers of gratitude
Is a way of presenting the right attitude.
Called to be our best with motivation,
We live our lives in total devotion.

We live our lives by godly vision, led by light,
To make our way through the world's night.
Through the darkness, we are led
By judges and kings, as the Bible has said.

Doing right, guided by our own eyes,
It isn't long before we come to realize.
Chaos becomes the rule of the fool
When we should have prayed like old school.

In a personal "No Kings" moment,
God did His best to warn of the torment.
The nation of Israel cried out without dignity,
And forgot to give God His sovereignty.

Fathers and kings cannot lead by passivity.
Instead, they must act with responsibility.
When it's abandoned, the way is lost,
And for us all, lowered quality is the cost.

Saul is one whom the Lord reluctantly bid,
To be the first king, but he stayed quietly hid.
Kingship, like fatherhood, has its magnificence.
Despite mockery, these things have significance.

It's not our errors or always trying to be right,
But staying in the game, daring for the light.
This, then, is given to us by God's authority.
We are to teach how to lead with full dignity.

All the same, we are to walk in humility,
Surrendering our pride before God's sovereignty.
We must follow God's word as much as we revere,
The ways of God so that our nation will not fear. 

Two sides of the same coinage, humility and humiliation,
Are the two keys to life to prevent our degradation.
We are to understand, to know, and to wisely discern
Who we are to serve and help others, also to learn.

All the best leaders are born to actively serve,
Giving their best in all, more than some deserve.
Even Christ died this passion, carrying His cross,
And from this came victory, not any kind of loss.

We live without any sense of real regret
When we put others above us and don't forget
This is the path of the truest grace,
And from it, we derive our humble place.

A faithful man lives in true obedience,
Choosing the harder path, and not convenience.
We are not to do the minimum, but to obey.
This is how we get to our better days.

We are to love in fullest integrity,
And to live by the word of God in full loyalty.
We are not born to live for our own glory,
But we are to live the love of God's story.

Our integrity builds and keeps our name.
Regardless of what we hear, we live by the same.
This, then, is what defines our reputation,
Be this for every person or for every nation.

(c)June 21, 2026   Michael Doyle
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