“If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Anne Bradstreet
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Thought For the Day: If We Had Not Winter, the Spring Would Not Be So Pleasant; If We Did Not Sometimes Taste of Adversity, Prosperity Would Not Be So Welcome
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First Principles: The Right To Discuss Freely and Openly…All Political Questions…Is A Right So Clear and Certain…That Without It We Must Fall Into Despotism
“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact, to their existence, that without it we must fall into despotism and anarchy” – William C. Bryant
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Learning From Dark Times
Learning From Dark Times
by Michael Doyle
God's creation is entrusted to humanity.
At times, this has been to our vanity.
Mistake after mistake has been made.
This is not to say we should walk afraid.
The Nephilim walked with us side by side
While evil ways became larger with our pride.
Only Noah and his family incurred God's favor
In the gut-wrenching times, no one could savor.
For nine hundred years, God had called us to repent,
Until at last, God could not abide nor relent.
Wickedness was found with very little exception,
Until Noah was called carry the earth to redemption.
We are tethered to the intent of fulfilling God's ways.
This is regardless of evil ruling in our days.
Called by the Lord, Noah built the ark.
It would allow mankind to sail through the dark.
In the hands of God, we surrender our souls,
Letting loose our fated need for keeping control.
Willingness to be a servant takes us quite far,
As long as we allow God to be our North Star.
When the storms are over, we maintain integrity.
It calls for us to be faithful to God's sovereignty.
It is by living our lives in humbling submission
That humanity finds its way to reach our redemption.
Baptism saves us from death symbolically from the grave,
All that the Lord calls for is the power to save.
Living in interesting times is a curse wrapped in a blessing,
The time we live in constantly leaves us as if we are guessing.
It has become far too casual to lose human life.
We live in troubled times filled with constant strife.
A lot is going on that calls for the need for discerning.
The messy life we're living calls for constant learning.
If we are to live right, it must be with vigilance.
The life around us requires the truest due diligence.
None of us views life from any point of perfection,
But we can walk forward by discerning right connection.
We stay true to Christ, despite living on the outside,
we are on the path of constantly learning in our stride.
Behind the doing of the saying, ride or die.
We do best by surrendering to God without questioning why.
(c) February 1, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: There Is But One Church In Which Men Find Salvation, Just As Outside the Ark of Noah It Was Not Possible For Anyone To Be Saved
“There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.” – Thomas Aquinas
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First Principles: By Faith Noah…Condemned the World and Became Heir of the Righteousness That Is In Keeping With Faith
“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith”. – Hebrews 11:7
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Where Are the Children?
Where Are the Children?
by Michael Doyle
Minnesota's finances are a web of revelation.
It seems Somali fraud has found its location.
Layers of ever-expanding fraud
Sorted into questions asked amidst discovered odds.
Antifa and others act to spread the fear.
Yet, why are there no children who should be there
Nick Shirley came and began actively looking
At the facts and the books that someone had been cooking.
Where are the children?
Where do they study and play?
Where are the blessed children?
I heard someone ask one special day.
Children's daycare becomes a point of loss
Where the Democratic Party has long been the boss.
The Somali community is the bloc of power,
And its daycare fraud is the scandal of this hour.
Covid's "Feeding the Future" was a financial fiasco
In which fleecing the government was the goal.
Sixty-one convictions are just the beginning,
In the fraudulent web of Somalis openly sinning.
Where are the children?
Where do they study and play?
Where are the blessed children?
I heard someone ask one special day.
Whistleblowers have revealed it all,
But Governor Walz brushed it off to avoid his fall.
Until the spark of germane truth gave revelation.
The truth of the fraud will be known by the nation.
Welfare fraud has spiraled out of control.
The immense stench has ruptured our souls.
There is even fraud found in patient transportation.
Why it has been allowed to grow defies explanation.
Where are the children?
Where do they study and play?
Where are the blessed children?
I heard someone ask one special day.
It isn't just in Minnesota but every Blue State.
We cannot accept this as America's fate.
President Trump has set up an office to fight
This disease of fraud; let's hope we get it right.
The Somali crisis is not by chance but by choice.
It is up to the rest of us to raise our voices.
The truth of the matter comes to accountability.
To shift these patterns requires a moral vocabulary.
Where are the children?
Where do they study and play?
Where are the blessed children?
I heard someone ask one special day.
Somali clans, the Muslim Brotherhood, and vast corruption
Have brought America to the point of disruption.
Open borders with unconditional welfare are the incentive.
American law must act in concert to be preventative.
Free competition, science, and rights of property,
Combine together for the good of Western vitality.
The rule of lawyers over rule of law wounds propriety.
The hard sins of Minnesota might return us to barbarity.
Where are the children?
Where do they study and play?
Where are the blessed children?
I heard someone ask one special day.
(c) January 31, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Accountability, Antifa, Blue States, Books, Chance, Children, Choice, Cooking, Daycare, Fear, Finance, Fraud, Germane Truth, Governor Walz, Miinnesota, Moral Vocabulary, Nick Shirley, Patient Transportation, Poetry and Poems, President Trump, Revelation, Somali, Welfare, Whistleblowers
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First Principles: What Is the Use of A House If You Haven’t Got A Tolerable Planet To Put It On?
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” – Henry David Thoreau
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Thought For the Day: If Ever There Is Tomorrow When We’re Not Together…There Is Something You Must Always Remember. You Are Braver Than You Believe
“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.” – A.A. Mllne
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My Taken Stand
My Taken Stand
by Michael Doyle
It's time for a little Sunday good,
Listening to a sermon as understood.
It's about the faithfulness of God's love
Shared with a hallelujah from above.
It's all about walking our faithfulness,
Knowing the path of His wonderfulness.
In return, all I offer is His praise.
I sing of His glory to my end of days.
I stand on my feet, hands in the air,
Stretched and reaching, letting go of care.
It feels like I've become a walking prayer,
And I feel His presence everywhere.
God meets us all where we are at.
I live this like a natural fact.
Whatever the weather outside,
The Lord keeps me warm inside.
Let's stand with our hands toward the sky,
Feeling His love in the sweet by and by.
Every challenge is met with optimism,
It has been this way since baptism.
I stand on my feet, hands in the air,
Stretched and reaching, letting go of care.
It feels like I've become a walking prayer,
And I feel His presence everywhere.
With my eyes lifted ever higher,
I reach out despite knowing my desire
Lays in the Heaven as close as my heart.
It's been there since the start.
Somewhere beneath this all too human mask,
There are the questions we need to ask.
By the unasked questions we become undone,
Until we are redeemed by God's only Son.
I stand on my feet, hands in the air,
Stretched and reaching, letting go of care.
It feels like I've become a walking prayer,
And I feel His presence everywhere.
(c) January 30, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Goal of Socialism Is Communism
“The goal of socialism is communism.” – Vladimir Lenin
Let there be no doubt about it. There is nothing innocuous about socialism. When someone tells you what they are about, it’s best to believe them and take reasonable precautions where what they are s something bent on the destruction of our nation.
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 