Benediction For A New Day

Benediction For A New Day
by Michael Doyle

If it isn't too demanding
Might we live in peace and understanding
With opened eyes might we see
The path walked within divinity

The wooded trace is sacred ground
Waiting for its holiness to be found
With every step each of us takes
Let us give each other grace for our mistakes

Life is a long road; let's walk together
Hoping to leave this world somewhat better
Than those who have walked this way before
Living with gratitude as our spirts soar

Let love be in every song that we sing
And mercy show in all that we bring
Let us remember God is in everything
And is absent in nothing -

(c) January 21, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?

Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?
by Michael Doyle

There is no doubt that God is against sin
In His Bible, He records this again and again
God's truth exchanged for man's lies
Reveals why it is that man now dies

When darkness is chosen, not light
All appears as if living in the night
Given the choice between deceptive philosophy
Me and mine will choose God's theology

God is merciful and just in his attributes
Each of His paths serves for what these contribute
By the mercy of the cross always preserving
More love and mercy than we are deserving

Greek culture believed what is seen through their eyes
And they believed this way to be the most wise
But in the beginning, God created all we might see
And asked only in return that we worship His divinity

What passes for man's wisdom is merely the shadow
The real light is outside the cave of what we know
Those who have escaped and return then to teach
Finds that those preferring darkness remain out of reach

All of nature points to the source of its creation
That is to God the creator, who is life's inspiration
All of life's successes are a matter of compatibility
This points away from randomness and toward spirituality

Eyes grow wide with God's creation, it gives much to amaze
As we long to understand God's transcendence in our days
It is no accident that belief serves the best for our humanity
Our best does not fall to the ideology of immorality

Rejection of God is an exchange of truth for living a lie
It is the spiritual closing of our dying eyes
The righteous love with the aim of God's will being done
Those who reject this argue that their sinful will be done

It is our sinful nature that is the contradiction
It is our wrath against the conditions of our own creation
Indeed, every single one of us has the Devil inside
This is the truth that those such as I readily confide

Righteousness reveals two sides - sacrifice and service
These reveal the truth of humanity's meaning and purpose
It would be spiritual malpractice not to openly state
That doing the opposite of God's will is what creates our fate

Let this liberating truth be openly known
In all of this, may God's light be glowing
It is God that provides life course correction
Guiding us to keep the flow in the right direction

Let a prayer full of miracles show the right way
For each of us to best live our living days
Following God's will and leaving behind our own
Provides the truest path for us to privately atone

(c) January 21, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Is the Reason Alone, of the Public, That Ought To Control and Regulate the Government

“It is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.” – James Madison (1788)

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Thought For the Day: See Every Problem As the Opportunity To Find A Solution

“I decided to see every problem as the opportunity to find a solution.” – Walt Disney

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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)

Inauguration (January 20, 2025)
by Michael Doyle

Watching the proceedings of the inauguration
I joined in my nation's celebration
A nation led by a vision of principled humility
One of the rights of the free, filled with majesty

In the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly call
While remember in prayer to have no malice for all
Trusting our nation will live by our true aspirations
Becoming a guiding light for freedom's nations

Let us, by God, be mended of our every flaw
Predicated on God's glory under the rule of law
Let us be courageous and have fortitude to be wise
We will wake to this duty with every sunrise

Two men swear an oath to our nation's Constitution
Reviving as they did allegiance to this institution
Their faithful execution to the best of their ability
This is the crux of our history and philosophy

This day rises above its notorious pomp and circumstance
As power is transferred without noted incidence
Our truth marches on as our country happily revives
To thrive, and not just to barely survive

These splendid moments are our nation's great glory
As we live up to the best of our nation's story
A new president's silent prayer is seen on his face
As these truths, he steadies himself to embrace

(c) January 20, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Unarmed Truth and Unconditional Love Will Have the Final Word In Reality

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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First Principles: Let Every Nation Know, Whether It Wishes Us Well Or Ill, That We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden, Meet Any Hardship, Support Any Friend, Oppose Any Foe, To Assure the Survival and the Success of Liberty

” Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” – John F. Kennedy, at his Inauguration, 1961

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In His Name

In His Name 
by Michael Doyle

The stars of life
These come and glow
In peace and strife
Faithful love is what I know

Whatever the circumstance
I'll make it through
To dance again, this dance
Of joy felt through faith in you

This faith is more than a feeling
Though the winds may come and go
The spirit of God is revealing
His power that I truly know

There is a permanent line
Between what is Satan's and what is mine
I proclaim this Jesus's name
Holding my life separate without blame

Despite the enemy, I persevere
Free and whole, without fear
Let the blood of Christ provide the frame
As I live my life in His precious name

(c) January 19, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Beginning of Men’s Rebellion Against God Was, and Is, the Lack of A Thankful Heart

“The beginning of men’s rebellion against God was, and is, the lack of a thankful heart.” – Francis Schaeffer

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First Principles: For Although They Knew God, They Neither Glorified Him As God Nor Gave Thanks To Him, But their Thinking Became Futile and Their Foolish Hearts Were Darkened

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened” – Romans 1: 21

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