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Thought For the Day: I Will Love the Light For It Shows Me the Way, Yet I Will Endure the Darkness Because It Shows Me the Stars
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
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First Principles: Were I To Personify Justice, Instead of Presenting Her Blind, I Would Denominate Her the Goddess of Fire…Of Unbending Integrity
“Were I to personify Justice, instead of presenting her blind, I would denominate her the goddess of fire. . . Of unbending integrity Justice should feel, hear and see; but truth alone should be the polar star by which she … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Determiination, Equity, First Principles, Goddess of Fire, Integrity, Judith Sargent Murray, Justice, Polar Star, Shape, Truth Alone
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Page Turner
Page Turnerby Michael DoyleSharing the Lord with a shout,Telling the truth of what it’s about.I love spending my Sundays,Lifting my life up to praise.There is so much I have to learn.I turn the page to discern.One day at a time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Discerrn, Learn, Lift, Page Turner, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Share, Shout, Sundays, Talk, The Lord, Truth, Walk
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Thought For the Day: Do Not Let Your Fire Go Out, Spark By Irreplaceable Spark In the Hopeless Swamps of the Not-Quite, the Not-Yet, and the Not-At-All
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Deserve, Desire, Exist, Fire, Frustration, Hero, Hopeless Swamp, Life, Not-At-All, Not-Quite, Not-Yet, Possible, Reach, Real, Soul, Spark, Thought For the Day, Won, Yours
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First Principles: It’s Hard, When You’re Up To Your Armpits In Alligators, To Remember You Came Here To Drain the Swamp
“It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Alligators, Armpits, Darin, First Principles, Hard, Remember, Ronald Reagan, Swamp
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Revival At the National Prayer Breakfast
Revival At the National Prayer Breakfastby Michael DoyleNot too presidential to fear Hell,Trump keeps this part of our nation’s tale.As revealed at the National Prayer Breakfast,President Trump supports faith, first and last.Achievements stack on his proverbial shelf,Trump’s record is open … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievement, America, Bible, Christianity, Christinaity, Declaratoin, Faith, Fundamental Truth, God, Integrity, Jesus, Legacy, Liberty, Nation, National Prayer Breakfast, Poetry and Poems, President Trump, Recor, Revival, Teach
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Thought For the Day: Trust In the Lord With All Your Heart, and Do Not Lean On Your Own Understanding. In All Your Ways Acknowledge Him, and He Will Make Straight Your Paths
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6
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Tagged Acknowledge, Heart, Him, Path, Proverbs 3:5-6, Straight, The Lord, Thought For the Day, Trust, Understanding, Ways
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First Principles: A True and Faithful Christian Does Not Make Holy Living An Accidental Thing. It Is His Great Concern…The Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ
“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan … Continue reading
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Tagged Acciddent, Business, Christ, Christian, First Principles, Great Concern, Holy Living, Jonathan Ewards, True and Faithful
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Bonhoeffer #1
Bonhoeffer #1by Michael DoyleIt’s a boyhood hope for invincibilitySuddenly cloaked in feigned invisibility,A game is on for “catch me if you can”.These were the ways of Dietrich as a young man.His older brother goes off to fight the war.As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Boyhood Gme, Buried, Christianity, Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith, Invincability, Invisiblity, Jazz, Jesus, Lessons of Life, Poetry and Poems, The Bible, the Word, Theology, War, Weight of War, Word of God, World War I, World War II
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First Principles: Here Every Man May Be Master and Owner of His Owne Labour and Land…If Have Nothing But His Hands, He May… By Industrie Quickly Grow Rich
“Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land…If he have nothing but his hands, he may…by industrie quickly grow rich.” – John Smith
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Tagged Every Man, First Principles, Grow Rich, Hands, Industry, John Smith, Labor, Land, Master, Owner
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 