“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.” – John Winthrop
“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
To Know Love Actually
by Michael Doyle
I was just saying hello
When you started saying goodbye
I kept trying the best I know
Being persistent in giving it my best try
Love can be and is so cruel
And I am inevitably its fool
Still, I know from beginning to end
You've been my best friend
I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks
True love is the gift that keeps giving
It just takes a lot of forgiving
Real answers are hard to come by
Dark horses can't race, no matter how hard they try
Are we really just following the motions
As we end up faking our emotions
Are there words enough to say
Enough to get us through this day
I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks
Love, it seems, can be total agony
When there's a million miles between you and me
There can be no worse sense of sorrow
Then, to know it will be no different tomorrow
We send our love across the text lines
With me wishing that you were really mine
Whether it's Christmas or close to Valentine's
I really wish you were truly mine
I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks
(c) January 27, 2025 Michael Doyle
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“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson
“That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.” – Learned Hand
Discerning the Consequences
by Michael Doyle
Standing up steady to be present
We're fully ready to represent
As we adjust our attitudes
Until we are ready with our gratitude
Rising up in confidence
We rely on the ways of providence
As we stumble toward getting right
We need this to live in God's light
Life trends to make us more mature
As we struggle next to conquer our nature
No longer living simply day-to-day
All in preparation for our last day
To live best as a human being
We must live life with meaning
In eternity, we are God's servants
We must live life with this as our purpose
Logos existed before all of creation
It's simply natural that such is the situation
The universe necessitates a God of relationship
Not just an omniscient being worthy of worship
However, fractured we are in our contradictions
There is every sense of strong indication
That we are to put out our conclusions on the table
Knowing as much of our worldview as we are capable
We hope to dissuade the pagan sense of indifference
But their rejecting the truth won't wound providence
Instead, it shows up entirely in the ample reverse
As God's presence is readily shown throughout the universe
Making a system of God has its built-in fallibility
However much the surface appears as morality
God's love, despite our stubbornness, leads to repentance
Layer-by-layer, as we surrender to truth's acceptance
Some have God's law written on their heart
Keeping the Good News present from the start
The warming felt is to remind us to keep His commands
Going in the wrong direction has its own demands
Separation from God is a matter of our own wills
Not God's will but our own, as is the real deal
Of being enabled to use our own voices
And then earning the outcome of our own choices
The decisions we make form our direction
Though from time to time, God offers His course correction
Discernment is called for in guiding our reason
This determines the outcome of our seasons
Going the distance creates our destination
So perhaps we should have a moment's hesitation
Every choice we make has its consequence
This is easily seen throughout life's evidence
Sin is sin in all of it's leveled equality
Equally damning in all of sin's liberality
But the damage done, to be instructive,
Is not equally, fundamentally destructive
Justice is based on God's logic based on truth
It's been this way since our youngest youth
Mercy comes down to accepting God's grace
And depending on His love that we embrace
Through His love, Jesus cloaks our sins
Covering our wrongs with grace again and again
Let His kindness lead to our ready repentance
Knowing our wrongs has the price of our acceptance
Our confession builds a layer of credibility
To accept the need for justice and our culpability
It is only through our just atonement
That we show that we understand what the Gospel meant
Or means; forgiveness is our best path out
To make right with God without tainted doubt
Walking and talking in truth and reason
This is the best of living in every season
(c) January 26, 2025 Michael Doyle
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“God’s gifts put man’s best dreams to shame.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we
were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8
So Begins Hope
by Michael Doyle
So begins hope for a golden age
We stand as we turn our page
Vowing in integrity to quench our thirst
Step by step, we'll make America first
As exceptional as America's past success
Truth in challenges is sought in tests
As we work to reestablish our trust
Of every pillar we believe in as we must
In the face of ongoing tragedy
We must join hands to fortify our country
Restoration of our honor and promise
Has come be faithfully reclaimed without compromise
An assassin's bullet would not stop the fight
To make America great again and bring light
Filled with hope that America will be great again
We walk in God's glory and away from mortal sin
Joined as one nation to make dreams come true
All America's people run faithfully red, white, and blue
Hands linked together, we begin our restoration
And vow to restore sense and honor to our great nation
A country's borders define its future
Truth and justice are what will nurture
Now has come the ending of wanton crimes
As we return to safety and freedom in our time
There is perhaps no greater danger to test our nation
Than the poverty brought on by bad policies and inflation
Instead of experiencing the end of our beloved country
We will seek and find ways to repair our economy
In what will be an excellent reach
The moment has come again for free speech
These thoughts will sharpen as they compete
And as we come together in merit for every seat
Speaking candidly and without much inhibition
The resounding call comes to support our ambition
From freedom to live as we want and choose our cars
To the establishment of the American presence on Mars
The impossible is that "what" that we do best
Forged and built and meant to pass every test
No obstacle will crush our country's civic pride
As we march on to feel and reach the other side
(c) January 25, 2025 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” – John Quincy Adams
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