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First Principles: Liberty Is A Word Which, According As It Is Used, Comprehends the Most Good and the Most Evil of Any In the World
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.” – Oliver Ellsworth
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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is the Language Which the Deaf Can Hear and the Blind Can See
“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain
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Tagged Blind, Deaf, Hear, Kindness, Language, Mark Twain, See, Thought For the Day
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Joseph: Into the Lord’s Presence
Joseph: Into the Lord’s Presenceby Michael DoyleGod reveals His wonders in wonders spoken.We who believe do our best though we’re broken.We walk our best in this mystical game.We do our best to play our part in the fame.Faithfulness walks among … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Beliief, Bible, Broken, Christianity, Courage, Crowd of Witnesses, Difficulties and Challeges, Dream, Dysfunctional Family, Egypt, Endurance, Extraordinary, Faith, Faithfulness, Focus, Glory, God, History, Holy, ibling Rivalry, Iimage, Integriry, Jealousy, Jesus, Joseph, Joy, Lord, One of These ays, Ordinary, Poetry and Poems, pper Story, Precpectve, Presence, Reliace, Resentment, Righteouus, Run, Satan's Sin, Slavery, The Lord, Wonders
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Thought For the Day: The Whole Difference Between Construction and Creation Is Exactly This: That A Thing Constructed Can Only Be Loved After It Is Constructed; But A Thing Created Is Loved Before It Exists
“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” – Charles Dickens
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First Principles: For We Are God’s Handiwork, Created In Christ Jesus To Do Good Works, Which God Prepared In Advance For Us To Do
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10 NIV
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Tagged Advnce, Ceation, Christ Jesus, Ephesians 2:10 NIV, First Principles, Go, God, Good Works, Handiwork, Humanity, Preparation
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Contemplation of War
Contemplation of Warby Michael DoyleThere are times to pause and wait,When a poet breathes and contemplates.What are the pieces and how each connects,And what, pray tell, will come next?It is easy enough to flex and show raw power.But after initiation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Contemplatonn, Control, Decision, Endless Threat, Evolution, Flex, Forget, Gravty, Iran, Israel, Naton, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Raw Power, Reverence, United States, War
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Thought For the Day: Not Being Able To Govern Events, I Govern Myself
“Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.” – Michel de Montaigne
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Tagged Capability, Events, Govern, Michel de Montagne, Self, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Always Vote For Principle, Though You May Vote Alone, and You May Cherish the Sweetest Reflection That Your Vote Is Never Lost
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” – John Quincy Adams
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Bonhoeffer, Part 7
Bonhoeffer, Part 7by Michael DoyleTime stands still with its lit fuse,We wonder why life makes us choose.We do our best to stop the evil in men,To give or take life feels a lesser sin.What would one give to save one’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Better, Bible, Choose, Christ's Blood, Christianity, Communio, Cordial Driink, Destiny, Die, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Doom, Evil, Face of Evil, Fail, Faith, Faithfully, Fuse, Gallow, Genocide, God, God's Love, Hate, Hello, Holy, Humanity, Jesus, Journey, Last Chance, Life, Live, Love of God, M, Mankind, Memory, Miracle, Mourn, Nation, News, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Purity, Purpose, Racism, Reality, Reputaton, Rescuue, Room, Salvatiion, Service, Shadow, Silence, Sin, The Gift, Time, Together, Unbroken, Vain Whispers, Will of God, Words of Love
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First Principles: A People Who Mean To Be Free Must Be Prepared To Meet Danger In Person, and Not Rely Upon the Fallacious Protection of Armies
“A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies” – Edmund Randolph
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