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Thought For the Day: Dream Your Dreams With Open Eyes and Make Them Come True
“Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true.” – T.E. Lawrence
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First Principles: We Are Too Much Engrossed By the Story of the Present To Think of the Character and Anecdotes That Gave Interest To the Past
“How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave … Continue reading
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The Crux of Immortal Folly
The Crux of Immortal Follyby Michael DoyleFrom where we comeTo where we might go,Each belief has its kingdomWithin the universal flow.Memories have their persistenceForming the nucleus of all we know.Sometimes it forms the resistanceThat causes even shadows to glow.Galaxies move … Continue reading
First Principles: Bad Men Cannot Make Good Citizens. It Is When A People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains
“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Prayer Can Truly Change Your Life. For It Turns Your Attention Away From Yourself and Directs Your Mind and Your Heart Toward the Lord
“Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord. If we look only at ourselves, with our own limitations and sins, we quickly give way … Continue reading
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Tagged Attentoonn, Change, Discouragemet, Gospel, Hope, Lfe, Life, Light of Truth, Limitaton, Prayer, Promise, Sad, Sellf, Sn, The Lorrd, Thought For the Day
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Esther
Estherby Michael DoyleSacrificial in obedience to purity,Dedicated to giving back for all God has given me.Giving comfort and love to the stranger,We put ourselves in meaningful danger.Full throttle in life to set others free,There’s maybe no better place to be.To … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Esther, Faith, Full Throttle, God, Obedience, Persiia, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Sacrifice
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Not A Straight Line Leading From One Blessing To the Next and Then Finally To Heaven. Life Is A Winding and Troubled Road
“Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther … Continue reading
First Principles: Those Who Hope In the Lord Will Renew Their Strength. They Will Soar On Wings Like Eagles; They Will Run and Not Grow Weary
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31
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Indiana’s Waters
Indiana’s Watersby Michael DoyleIndiana first greeted me with a rainy season.It lasted about sixty days and tried my reason.Patiently, I’ve explored this place and its stops.There’s so much to see between the velvet raindrops.The backroads are filled with flowered beauty,And … Continue reading
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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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 