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Monthly Archives: August 2026
From the Weeping Cradle
From the Weeping Cradleby Michael DoyleSeeing you there on the mountain peak,It takes away my ability to speak.Which is more than something beautiful.It becomes a conception a bit too wonderful.The trails become empty circles of storied land.Their beauty lost inside … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Baauty, Beautiful, Cradle, Dream, Eyes, Held Hand, Love, Lullaby, Mountain Peak, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Recognize, Rite of Wrongs, Song of Songs, Speak, Storied Land, Trails, Unknown Love, Vastness, Weep, Wonderful
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Thought For the Day: One of the Most Important Phases of Maturing Is That Growth From Self-Centering To An Understanding Relationship To Others
“One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among … Continue reading
First Principles: Kings or Parliaments Could Not Give the Rights Essential To Happiness…We Claim Them From A Higher Source – From the King of Kings, and Lord of All the Earth
“Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness… We claim them from a higher source – from the King of kings, and Lord of all the earth. They are not annexed to us by parchments and seals. … Continue reading
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Tagged Annexation, Born, Creation, Decrees of Providence, Essential, First Principles, Happiness, Higher Source, Human Power, John Dickinson, King of Kings, Kings, Lives, Lord, Natural Law, Parchment, Parliments, Rights, Seal
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Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)
Nehemiah (To Fix What’s Broken)by Michael DoyleWe find God’s lessons spokenServing like Nehemiah to fix what’s broken,Renewing Israel’s holy prosperityFollowing many years of austerity. Nebuchadnezzar exiled the Jews to Babylon,Until allowed to return from the pantheon.The Jewish people returned from … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Taken, Austerity, Babylonian Exile, Bible, Broken, Broken Heart, Change, Compassion, Control, Devotion, Discontent, Example, Faith, Fix, God, God's Glory, Grace, Guile, Holy Commands, Holy Imprint, Homeland, Humanity, Israel, Leadership, Legacy, Lessons, Mourning and Fasting, Nebuchadnezzar, Necessary, Nehemiah, Opposition, Ordinary People, Place, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prosperity, Protection, Recovery, Redemption, Renewal, Soul, Story, Task, The Jewish People
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Thought For the Day: We Cannot Honestly, Authentically, Reasonably and Deliberately Serve Our Lord Without Our Willingness To Accept Difficulties and Inconveniences
“For Noah, preaching 120 years without results meant choosing the hard road year after year. Nehemiah, building the wall of Jerusalem, faced constant harassment by enemies from within and without. We cannot honestly, authentically, reasonably and deliberately serve our Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged Difficulty, Enemies, Harassment, Hard Road, Inconvenience, Nehemiah, Noah, Preach, Service, The Lord, Thought For the Day, Wall of Jerusalem, Willingness
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First Principles: Do Not Grieve, For the Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength
“Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’” – Nehemiah 8:10 NIV
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Tagged First Principles, Grieve, Joy, Nehemiah 8:10, Strength, The Lord
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It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)
It Takes Money (A Farmer Meets Reality)by Michael DoyleThe land and youAre everything to me.The mortgage is due,And hellhounds are dogging me.All that I want to doIs to farm this land.A simple, honest farm and you,But the Lord gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bad Harvest, Bullet, Certain, Devil's Lies, Dusky Eyes, Fall In, Family, Farmer, Forty Acres and A Mule, Fuel, Hell Hounds, Honest Wages, Hunter, Land, Money, Mortgage, Paradise, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Rogue, Soar, Steady Hand, Tall Blue Skies, The Dead Line, The Law Man, The Lord, Turkey Vultures, War, Wasted, Watch
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Thought For the Day: When We Invest In Women and Girls, We Are Investing In the People Who Invest In Everyone Else
“When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.” – Melinda Gates Let’s not forget how to define one of our nation’s and, indeed, the world’s greatest treasures and resources, right?
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Tagged Definition, Girls, Investment, Investors, Melinda Gates, Others, The People, Thought For the Day, Women
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First Principles: The Question Is Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man, But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society
“The question is not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman
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Tagged Belong, Efffective, Equality, First Principles, Guard, Mankind, Question, Rights, Roger Sherman, Society
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What Do Critics Know?
What Do Critics Know?by Michael DoyleCritics are those with little ability,Often bashing those with greater capability.While the talented few find their success good,It’s a confusing arrangement seldom understood.Those without skill find talent self-indulgent,And seldom suffer to give others acknowledgment.Unimaginative translates … Continue reading
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Tagged Ability, Acknowledgment, Capability, Critics, Dazed and Confused, Harmonics, Imrpovisation, Intensity, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Music, Pay To Play, Performers, Poetry and Poems, reviews, Robert Plant, Rock, Self-Induldgent, Success, Talented Few, The Rolling Stone Magazine, Unimaginative, Violin Bow, Writing
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