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First Principles: The Sacred Rights of Mankind Are Not To Be Rummage For, Among Old Parchments, Or Musty Records…They Are Written…By the Hand of the Divinity
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and … Continue reading
Joyful Contemplation
Joyful Contemplationby Michael DoyleLooking back on times I’ve hadI rejoice and find myself gladI’m certain of things I believeAnd I stand ready to receiveKnowing that God is wise and strongAnd I am often weak and often wrongI bless God’s name … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Certain, Contemplation, Days, Embrace, Glad, God, God's Name, Holy S;piirt, Joy, Joyful, Know, Looking Back, Mortal Limits, Place, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Receive, Rejoice, The Lord, Times, Weak and Often Wrong, Wise and Strong
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Thought For the Day: Baptism Is the Initial Step of A Faithful Heart
“Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart.” – Max Lucado
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Tagged Baptism, Faithful, Heart, Initial Step, Max Lucado, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Whoever Believes and Is Baptized Will Be Saved, But Whoever Does Not Believe Will Be Condemned
“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” – Mark 16:16
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Tagged Baptized, Condemned, Does Not Believe, First Principles, Mark 16:16 (NIV), Saved, Whoever Believes
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Newport Aquarium
Newport Aquariumby Michael DoyleAs though a knight eager on his questI, as a father, find little need to restInstead, I eagerly undertake a two-hour driveGlad to teach my daughters and feel aliveThough I wish I could take them to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Accidentally Learn, Aquarium, Beauty, Care, Cared, Challenges, Class, Daughters, Dimming, Diversity, Dreams, Drive, Endless Miles, Expereince, Father, Gentle Traces, Glass, History, Imagination, Knight, Learn, Lessons, Miles, Minds, Museums, newport, Newport Aquarium, Ocean, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Princess Smiles, Quest, Remember, Revealed, rhode-island, Served Their Love Well, Share, Shared, Shore, Smiles, Swimming, Tale, Taught Them Well, Together, Travel
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First Principles: We Have Salt In Our Blood, In Our Sweat, In Our Tears. We Are Tied To the Ocean.
“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Cup Dinner, Biological Fact, Blood, First Principles, Going Back, John F. Kennedy, Ocean, Sail, Salt, Same Percentage, Sea, Sweat, Tears, Tied, Veins, Watch
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Thought For the Day: The Sea, Once It Casts Its Spell, Holds One In Its Net of Wonder Forever
“The sea once it casts its spell holds one in its net of wonder Forever.” –Jacques Cousteau
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Tagged Cast, Forever, Jacques Cousteau, Net, Sea, Spell, Thought For the Day, Wonder
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Gratitude For Your Love
Gratitude For Your Loveby Michael DoyleDrowning in an ocean of youFollowing my heart because it’s truePull me under these covers, please don’t stopI’m riding this love to the topTell me, who has time to sleepThese emotions keep running deepAll the … Continue reading
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Tagged Admire, Aside, Attitude, Awkward, Beautiful, Become One, Best, Bullseye, Changes, Covers, Cupid, Days, Deception, Drown, Ego, Emotional, Emotions, Flow, Good Enough, Gratitude, Guided, Heart, Indivisible, Irresistbile, Know, Love, Ocean, Owe, Poetry an Poems, Pride, Question Why, Real Love, Right Stuff, Sleep, Stop, Ten Out of Ten, True, Unconditional, Ways, Wonderful, Your Love
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Thought For the Day: Now I See the Secret of the Making of the Best Persons. It Is To Grow In the Open Air and to Eat and Sleep With the Earth
“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)
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Tagged Best Persons, Earth, Eat, Grow, Make, Open Air, Secret, Sleep, Thought For the Day, Walt Whitman
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 