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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)
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Tagged All Mercy, Darkness, Due Time, Father, First Principles, George Washington, Happy, Light, Path, Useful, Vocation
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Sparked Distraction
Sparked Distractionby Michael DoyleAll the world is extraordinaryThere is so much to seeIn every moment and all actionsThere is the spark of distractionHopefully and creativelyYour safety is found in beautyAs you go out into the world to seeAll there is … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Beauty, Belong, Best Light, Birthday Candle, Box, Breadcrumbs, Cancer, Candle Lights, Capturing Life, Clear, Comedy, Connection, Continue, Creative, Cry, Curiousity, Darkness, Death, Degree, Distance, Doubt, Dramedy, Eventuality, Every Moment, Existential, Extradordinary, Fallen Tear, Film, Final Answers, Fork, Fullest, Future, Generation, Gratitude, Grow, Heavens, Heavens Above, History, Hopeful, Imagination, Implausible, Impossible, Inspiration, Known, Last Breath, Learn, Left Behind, Letting Go, Little Smiles, Live Love, Living Gods, Lock, Look, Love, Majesty, Matters, Miarcles, Mournful Look, Nightmares, Nowhere, Once, Pain, Path of Life, Pay, Penance, Poetry and Poems, Real, Reality, Rebirthed, Records, Road, Safety, Scourge, Sensation, Shatter, Short or Long, Songs, Sorrow, Sparked Distraction, Stay, Stride, Struggles, Surreal, Take Care, Tears, Terror, There, Tomorrow, Torment, Touch, Travel, Whisper, Worthy
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Thought For the Day: Resistance To Tyranny Is Obedience To God
“Resistance To Tyranny Is Obedience To God.” – John Knox
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First Principles: Resistance To Tyranny Becomes the Christian and Social Duty of Each Individual
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. … Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”– … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Defend, Dependence, First Principles, God, Heaven Gave, Individual, John Hancock, No Man, Ought, Proper Sense, Resistance, Rights, Social Duty, Steadfast, Tyranny
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Searching For Reasons Why
Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading
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Tagged Able, Believe, Blues, Cards, Chair, Christmas, Christmas Day, Comfort, Could, Cry, Daughters, David, Die, Difference, Dream, Dreams, Drenched, End, Father, Give, Gone, Good, Half, Happy, Hard, Hearts, Hope, Knocked Back, Lack, Life, Life's Pain, Long, Moments, None, Nudge, Pocketful of Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Read, Reasons, Rhyme, Sadness, Seams, Searching, Shoulders, Sip, Snowman, Spend, Stand, Stars, Table, Think, Time, Watch, Why, Without A Reason Why, Words
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First Principles: God Who Gave Us Life Gave Us Liberty. And Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Thought Secure When We Have Removed Their Only Firm Basis…?
“God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Conviction, Country, Firm Basis, First Principles, Forever, Gift of God, God, Justice, Liberty, Life, Minds, Nation, Remove, Secure, Sleep, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath
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Thought For the Day: It May Sound Trite, But Using the Weapons of the Enemy, No Matter How Good One’s Intentions, Makes One the Enemy
“It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one’s intentions, makes one the enemy.” – Charles de Lint, writer and folk musician (b. 22 Dec 1951
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Tagged Charles de Lint, Enemy, Good Intentions, Matter, Sound, Thought For the Day, Trite, Weapon
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Thought For the Day: The More Humble and Obedient To God A Man Is, the More Wise and At Peace He Will Be In All That He Does
“The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does.” – Thomas A. Kempis
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Tagged All, At Peace, God, Humble, Mankind, Obedient, Thomas A. Kempis, Thought For the Day, Wise
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First Principles: No Man Can Well Doubt the Propriety of Placing A President of the United States Under the Most Solemn Obligations To Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution
“No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. It is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility to his country.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Country, Defend, Fidelity, First Principles, Joseph Story, Obligation, Pledge, Preseve, President, Propriety, Protect, Responsibility, United States
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