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Thought For the Day: The Proper Role of the Judiciary Is One of Interpreting and Applying the Law, Not Making It
“The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.” – Sandra Day O’Conner
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Each Day Is A Gift
Each Day Is A Giftby Michael DoyleEach day, it seems, is a gift receivedFrom God above, or so it is believedBut there is no real proof to be givenSo, a little doubt might yet be forgiven.Prayer doesn’t change God, just … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Answers, Beliefs, Believed, Bible, Change God, Christianity, Confidence, Day, Deep, Doubt, Faith, Fall Apart, Forgiven, Fruit of the Spirit, Gift, God, Good fight, Jesus, Man, Maybe, No, Our Father, Passing Shadow, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Prayers, Proof, Received, Savor, Shallow, Slay Me, Stumbling, Supplication, The Past, Three Flavors, Twice Removed, Value, Yes, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: No Matter How Many Mistakes You Make Or How Slow You Progress, You Are Still Way Ahead of Everyone Who Isn’t Trying
“No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins
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First Principles: My Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side; My Greatest Concern Is To Be On God’s Side, For God Is Always Right
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Moving Me Forward
Moving Me Forwardby Michael DoyleLike God’s only childI arise feeling wildAs I step out of the shadowTo see where this goes.Grace takes me by the handTo help me understandMy precious freedomWithin my Father’s kingdom.I dance on the air,Feeling as though … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Broken, Care, Chains, Cleansed, Dance, Door, Father's Kingdom, Feeling, Forward, God, God's Name, Goes, Grace, Move, Moving Me Forward, Only Child, Poetry and Poems, Precious Freedom, Shadow, Shame, Spirit of the Lord, Spoken, Understand, Wild, Word
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First Principles: Prayer Steadies One When He Is Walking In Slippery Places – Even If Things Asked For Are Not Given
“Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places – even if things asked for are not given.” – Benjamin Harrison
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Thought For the Day: Just As One Candle Lights Another and Can Light Thousands of Other Candles, So One Heart Illuminates Another Heart and Can Illuminate Thousands of Other Hearts
” Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.” – Leo Tolstoy
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First Principles: When I Hear of the Destruction of A Species, I Feel Just As If All the Works of Some Great Writer Have Perished
“When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.” – Theodore Roosevelt, in a Letter to Frank Michler Chapman (February 16, 1899)
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Thought For the Day: Knowing Trees, I Understand the Meaning of Patience. Knowing Grass, I Can Appreciate Persistence
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” – Hal Borland
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