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First Principles: In the End, It’s Not the Years In Your Life That Count. It’s the Life In Your Years
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Thought For the Day: A Daughter Is the Happy Memories of the Past, the Joyful Moments of the Present, and the Hope and Promise of the Future
“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.” – Bruce Barton
(Imagine the joy in having two daughters with different interests and beautiful hearts.)
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The One Who Won’t Go Away
The One Who Won't Go Away
by Michael Doyle
In the air is a feeling of anticipation
As we joyfully prepare our contribution
Christmas is coming as if we're dreaming
Soul shine fills us as if it's beaming
God is with us as we happily prepare
There is nothing like it that can compare
Finding that we can live this wonderful life
We find hope, peace, and love, free from strife
Whatever our burdens, we give them to God
However much the outside world finds this odd
Living our prayers and walking in love
We keep our hearts steadily set on the above
God uses each of us to be another's blessing
You are mine; there can be no second-guessing
What if on that blessed Christmas morn
Our holy savior has not been born?
Holding on to the best of faded yesterday
We find the name of Jesus in all we pray
Exponentially, we worship as we know
While the inspirations of Christ continue to grow
Jesus came to split time into two
Changing the world forever for me and you
From simple beginnings, our God has majesty
Though this wedding never had a registry
He came to redefine commanding information
As His words brought humanity's transformation
Impacting every step mankind has taken
To look away from this is to be entirely mistaken
I stumble along, giving glory to God alone
Knowing my folly and need to solemnly atone
Taken for granted, I forget who has done what
I get discouraged because all of my blessings are forgot
Angels get wings with the ring of a sacred bell
I hope that is clarion and keeps us all well
Let none of us forget our worth to God's holy Son
Fulfilling the great commission remains to be done
A baby in a manger came to give us hope
Giving us faith and enough peace to cope
Through all eternity, God brings our belief
And the goodness of Christmas brings us relief
We must trust that God works for our good
Let's stand with Him and let it be understood
It is in God alone and not on life's shifting sands,
On which contentment rests as our God commands
Chase the world or chase God's holy ways
Which of these brings the best joy into our days
This Sunday of Advent's hope brings us good news
You don't need your socials or its million views
Christ's soul is intentional in bringing light
His words are the heart that brings us sight
The joy in our world goes beyond pleasing
Knowing that Jesus Christ is the reason for this season
As we walk out of this church, let our faith be known
In all the loving ways it can be and is shown
Merry Christmas to all who might find time to read
That it is through our Lord Jesus that we are freed
(c) December 22, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Lord, Make Me An Instrument of Thy Peace. Where There Is Hatred, Let Me Sow Love
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” – St. Francis of Assisi
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First Principles: May the God of Hope Fill With All Joy and Peace In Believing, So That You Will Abound In Hope By the Power of the Holy Spirit
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 15:13
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A Tenderness of Hope
A Tenderness of Hope
by Michael Doyle
We live in a fast-paced society
That is filled with such complexity
That it brings less than notoriety
To become overwhelmed by our anxiety
Still, each of us chooses a mask to wear
A smile of dignity as if we have no care
This is a mask of forced grins and lies
And it falls apart often before our eyes
Time and again we reach out to cope
Hoping for a little tenderness of hope
It is in who we have come to friend
That find that on which we can best depend
Our falsity hides on our cheeks like a shade
That lays waste to the plan we've made
Torn and bleeding hearts whisper denial
As this sort of truth is hidden by smiles
At best, it is that it too often seems
We count ourselves lucky in our dreams
If there is at least one that will ask
Why it is that we wear such a tainted mask
Time and again, we reach out to cope
Hoping for a little tenderness of hope
It is in who we have come to friend
That find that on which we can best depend
If there is that one with whom we can be real
Then life's bargain is blessed as a steal
To relieve ourselves in that contemplation
Of just how much is left for interpretation
Through faithfulness we reach contentment
And through this find life's fulfillment
Faith, hope, and the greatest being love
Can make our lives on earth as if Heaven above
Time and again, we reach out to cope
Hoping for a little tenderness of hope
It is in who we have come to friend
That find that on which we can best depend
(c) December 21, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: A Good Government Implies Two Things; First, Fidelity To the Objects of the Government; Secondly, A Knowledge of the Means, By Which Those Objects Can Be Best Attained
“A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.” – Joseph Story (1833)
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Thought For the Day: Socialism Is A Philosophy of Failure, the Creed of Ignorance, and the Gospel of Envy
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.” – Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Merry Christmas From Aloha Promises Forever, Nadin-Katrin, and Michael
This is serve as a Aloha Promises Forever’s Christmas Card to all of my wonderful viewers/readers/followers. We wouldn’t be who we are without your being who each of you are! Merry Christmas to all who celebrate Christmas and Happiest of Holidays to all else!! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your lives!
A Road of Traveled Story
A Road of Traveled Story
by Michael Doyle
This universe isn't made of cosmic dust
Though we all depend on God as we must
This universe is a road of traveled glory
Each of us has our own part in this story
Given our roles, we respond to duty
Pushing away from the ugly to the beauty
Life, it seems, has its own kind of ways
For each of us to make it through our days
Times can be hard - that's what friends are for
When opportunity knocks, open up that door
There will be challenges, that's for sure
But love is the only real answer and final cure
Sometimes, we'll fly like a broken arrow
That hurts we feel will make choices seem narrow
Decisions hold a crushing weight, depending on fate
Times in life will hold love, and sometimes hate
In the prism of a beautiful mind
It's often the sighted who are blind
We are not imprisoned by seeming choices
We have power in our chosen voices
Times can be hard - that's what friends are for
When opportunity knocks, open up that door
There will be challenges, that's for sure
But love is the only real answer and final cure
Morning surely comes, however the night falls
Light or dark, we crash against our walls
In life's travels, we cry our Gypsy tears
There's true love beyond this veil of years
Some of us have ridden on the Devil's train
Until we have heeded the angels' refrain
A sky full of hope knows God's shine
As sure as I still live, unafraid I will find mine
Times can be hard - that's what friends are for
When opportunity knocks, open up that door
There will be challenges, that's for sure
But love is the only real answer and final cure
(c) December 20, 2024 Michael Doyle
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