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First Principles: I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God Eternal Hostility Against Every Form of Tyranny Over the Mind of Man
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Thought For the Day: The Best Portion of A Good Man’s Life Is His Little , Nameless, Unremembered Acts of Kindness and of Love
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” – William Wordsworth, poet (7 Apr 1770-1850)
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Redemption In the Law
Redemption In the Law
by Michael Doyle
In God's love, like a symphony
The Book of Romans feeds the community
Complete in its fullness and integrity
It teaches history and theology
Prodigals are welcomed to this story
As we reveal the depth of God's glory
Knees are bowed and tongues are in confession
Giving no quarter to Satan as we live in revelation
Broken patterns fill so many lives
Separating families and husbands from wives
Unvarnished, the challenges sincerely encourage
Filling our souls with much-needed courage
Redemption, as you may recall
Is the grace that shields us all
Faith is gifted for us to share
As this holy relationship is laid bare
The Law calls out the nature of our sin
But it is taught with the love of our friend
Consciousness brings to life what we need to know
And through these truths, we learn to grow
The law defines and openly detects
It is the love of God that corrects
Examined from bottom to top
Knowing our missed marks puts these on the spot
Moral, ceremonial, and civil are the laws
Moral laws are what we apply and recall
We find out that our bad reveals God's good
It is this foundation that must be understood
Which is worse - sins of commission or omission
It's hard to say with any real sense of precision
Ask Jonah to define this for me, and you
You'll see that what you don't do is as bad as what you do
Circles of knowing others require room for knowing
Each layer has its way of intimately showing
Our enemies are the world, our flesh, and the adversary
Each of us must understand this with full integrity
If we weren't that bad, God wouldn't be that good
This is the central truth openly understood
But even in our understanding, we continue to sin
Such is the way of all women and, of course, men
Like layers of an onion that we peel
The bitter truth is seen at the core we reveal
It brings us first to our justification
Before we receive our moment of sanctification
Glorification makes our heavenly pursuit done
As we freely live with God, the Spirit, and the Son
Presently, we live in the world, although it's broken
Most hide our hurts through words unspoken
The best disinfection is pure sunlight
Revealing the light of truth in the darkest night
We realize our need for God in our full cognition
Surrendering to God in our full recognition
Surrendering to God brings our best victory
This is the truth of all of mankind's history
Gratitude walks us into our holy salvation
This is the sweetest sense of our fascination
(c) April 6, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Bad, Bible, Broken Patterns, Challenges, Christianity, Community, Complete, Confession, Consciousness, Corrrect, Courage, Define, Depth, Encourage, Faith, Foundation, Friend, God, God's Glory, God's Love, Good, Grace, Grow, History, Holy Relationship, Integrity, Jesus, Love, Missed Mark, Moral Law, No Quarter, Poetry and Poems, Prodgials, Redemption, Revelation, Sin, Soul, Symphony, The Law, Theology, Truth, Understood, Unvarnishedd
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Thought For the Day: If You Think That You Can Sin, and Then By Cries Avert the Consequences of Sin, You Insult God’s Character
“If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God’s character.” – Frederick William Robertson
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Tagged Avert, Consequences, Cries, Frederick William Robertston, God's Character, Insult, Sin, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: So Then, The Law Is Holy, and the Commandment Is Holy, Righteous and Good
“So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.“ – Romans 7: 12
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Bob Dylan’s Blues
Bob Dylan's Blues
by Michael Doyle
Bob Dylan's tangle was a lot more than blue
Its effect has had a multi-generational hue
His music, writing, and lyrical poetry
Has etched its way into the best of history
Most of us take part in shallow walk-on roles
There are fewer of us for whom the bell tolls
One of a kind, he was blessed by his arrival
To have continued success after his survival
The chimes of music's freedom bring it on home
While Mr. Tambourine Man is better left alone
The blood on the tracks put it all into context
As the younger and older Dylan, each deserves respect
Each has produced dramatic works of poetic expression
That is destiny bound to leave a lasting impression
Somewhere between folk tradition and folk reborn
Electrified to be heard as lives proudly worn
(c) April 5, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Arrival, Bell Tolls, Blessed, Blood On the Tracks, Blues, Bob Dylan, Chimes, Context, Destiny, Electrified, Etch, Folk Reborn, Folk Tradition, Freedom, Heard, History, Home, Lasting Impression, Left Alone, Lives, Lyrical Poetry, Mr. Tambourine Man, Multi-generational Hue, Music, Poetic Expression, Poetry and Poems, Respect, Shallow, Success, Survival, Tangle, Walk-On Role, Worn, Writing
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First Principles: A Government For the People Must Depend For Its Success On the Intelligence, the Morality, the Justice, and the Interest of the People Themselves
“A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.” – Grover Cleveland
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Tagged Depend, First Principles, Government, Grover Cleveland, Intelligence, Interest, Justice, Morality, Success, The People
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Thought For the Day: A Guitar Is A Very Personal Extension of the Person Playing It. You Have To Be Emotionally and Spiritually Connected To Your Instrument
“A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.” – Eddie Van Halen
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Tagged Connect, Eddie Van Halen, Emotionl, Extension, Guitar, Instrument, Person, Personal, Play, Spiritual, Thought For the Day
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The DJ Adds the Bassline
The DJ Adds the Bassline
by Michael Doyle
Lay the basics down
To wear the DJ crown
Do you feel me
The drip reveals me
Church bells ring
It's a banger thing
And you can't come home
Until you're solid as a stone
The DJ adds the bassline
Sealing it into real time
To say what has to be said
Figuring it out in my head
Daddy doesn't like blackmail
Let the tracks compel
Like a work in progress
The bass pump like the real test
It's something sounding special
With the feeling it's official
Laying down these beats for myself
Like there's nobody else
The DJ adds the bassline
Sealing it into real time
To say what has to be said
Figuring it out in my head
Maybe it's a bit humming
Add a few riffs, a bit of drumming
Here we are in my creative space
Back to back celebrating in our traces
Focusing on the drip to drop
Forward motions won't stop
How fast does it truly hit
The DJ finds his fit
The DJ adds the bassline
Sealing it into real time
To say what has to be said
Figuring it out in my head
Taking the D to the J
The beats begin to play
You can see it in my style
The music plays in smiles
The feeling gets oblivious
Maybe its a bit too obvious
It's a matter of real respect
Moving past a world of criminal neglect
The DJ adds the bassline
Sealing it into real time
To say what has to be said
Figuring it out in my head
(c) March 4, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Banger, Basics, Bassline, Blackmail, Church Bells, Compel, DJ, Drip, Feel, Home, Poetry and Poems, Pump, Real Time, Said, Sealing It, Solid As A Stone, Tracks, Work In Progress
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First Principles: There Is Nothing More Corrupting, Nothing More Destructive of the Noblest and Finest Feelings of Our Nature, Than the Exercise of Unlimited Power
“There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison
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Tagged Corrupting, Destructive, Exercise, Feelings, Finest, First Principles, Nature, Noblest, Nothing, Unlimited Power, William Henry Harrison
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