“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
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Backstory
Backstory
by Michael Doyle
In the Christian community
There are blessings in our family
It's a provident bit of spiritual wealth
That keeps us in godly health
Attending to our lives through celebration
That holds the Trinity in fascination
As we live our lives in the walk
Keeping in stride with our talk
Jesus stepped into our shoes
As He walked among us with His views
Confident of our place in eternity
Targeted in our struggles against the Adversary
As children of God, it is quite simple
We cause all of Hell to tremble
Despite the bumps on our daily roads
The story of God continues to unfold
All we do through God has its season
Laid out for us by God's pure reasons
All is bent and lent in contemplation
With the ransom paid for our redemption
There is a debt of grace, we cannot pay
As we serve God's purposes on the way
As stewards of the gifts God has given
And we live our lives among the forgiven
We live His gospel in every situation
As we live in the outside world with circumspection
Addressing the wounds and needs of others
Walking in humility and serving our brothers
Sisters, parents, and children all have their needs
This is the backstory of the Bible we read
His is a love story needing to be told
As we minister to all as life unfolds
Unapologetically, this good news is for everyone
Declared for the goodness of God and His Son
We must speak the truth with all true humility
It's for the good of all God's family
We live out the truth throughout our days
Full of hope, and singing out our praise
This is our choice that flavors our songs
Living the love of God's family to which we belong
(c) August 25, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Adversary, Backstory, Blessings, Bump, Celebration, Children of God, Christian Community, Contemplation, Eternity, Family, Fascination, Godly, Hell, Lives, Poetry and Poems, Ransom Paid, Reason, Redemption, Season, Simple, Spiritual Wealth, Struggle, Trembe, Trinity, Unfold
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Thought For the Day: Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound That Saved A Wretch Like Me! I Once Was Lost But Now Am Found, Was Blind But Now I See
“Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see.” – John Newton
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First Principles: It Is By Grace You Have Been Saved, Through Faith – and This Is Not From Yourselves, It Is the Gift of God – Not By Works, So That No One Can Boast
” For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9
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Nat Turner’s Legacy
Nat Turner's Legacy
by Michael Doyle
Exceptions seldom make the rule
Foolish thinkers need their school
Those who dwell on the mystery
Of why so few rose against slavery
It is a cowardice of culture
That we cannot afford to nurture
Let's recall a moment of history
Lived by a man driven by theology
Revelations spoke their prophecy
Visions of freedom and liberty
Despair and loneliness drove action
Until Nat Turner would know satisfaction
It's not one of the easy lessons of history
But one written in blood and brutality
Right as right, a fight becomes relevant
As rage rose in voice and experiment
Nat Turner would seek to remold destiny
Though he's barely whispered of in history
In this barbecue, at a place called Cross Keys
Nat Turner's resolution led him to his knees
Turning up toward God's vision, he took resolution
Determining then and there in favor of revolution
Having lived his theology and sure of dignity
He knew then the path forward was incendiary
He would burn this scourge from the souls of all
As his Lord God, he would have sinners recall
Those who dared to keep other men slaves in fields
Would have their cursed wickedness revealed
But death begets more death, whatever the inspiration
Nat Turner was hunted down, and slavery haunted the nation
For thirty more years, until forced into a savage Civil War
That almost divided the nation as asunder it was tore
Our republic has been a mix of optimism and pessimism
It is a nation full of promise but open to much criticism
While some have known poverty, there is opulent luxury
It is a hard road to walk the road of American history
Victory has bred one too many ironic, disappointed sighs
Still, this is the greatest republic under earthly skies
Only education in God and science will better this country
Until at last equal opportunity will deliver true liberty
(c) August 24, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: We Know That Equality of Individual Ability Has Never Existed and Never Will, But We Do Insist That Equality of Opportunity Still Must Be Sought
“We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Kamala Harris has made a great deal out about “equity”. That is to say, that regardless of individual abilities, there should in every effort made by individuals, regardless of ability, be an equal outcome for all. This is to rob those with superior talents of incentive to do better and accomplish more while simultaneously reward sloth. Naturally, this is harmful of society and can only lead to a decline in any society that practices any such absurdity. Kamala Harris is simply wrong in pursuing this course of illogic and pathological destruction of our nation. Democrats, like FDR, were once highly aware that equality of opportunity, not outcome, as essential to our nation’s well-being.
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Tagged Absurdity, Aware, Decline, Equal Outcome, Equality, Equality of Opportunity, Equity, Essential, Exist, First Principles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harmful, Illogic, Incentive, Individual Ability, Insist, Kamala Harris, Natoin, Pathological Destruction, Reward, Sloth, Society, Sought, Superior Talent, Well-Being
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Thought For the Day: Watch With Glittering Eyes the Whole World Around You Because the Greatest Secrets Are Always Hidden In the Most Unlikely Places
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald Dahl
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Clown Suits Leapfrog To Stolen Policies
Clown Suits Leapfrog To Stolen Polices
by Michael Doyle
I've almost never been prone toward snipe
Even regarding Comrade Kamala's media hype
Admittedly, it could be an amusing pursuit
To discuss a career begun playing a curious flute
Now she's playing with a basket of populism
Openly stealing from her opponent with optimism
She hopes no one focuses on her economic perspective
Straight from the pit of the communist collective
Working both sides of the room to maximum thrust
She hopes her sideshow allows the masses to trust
In things tried that have never worked in the past
And that their economic memories fail for the last
Four years that Joe says she has been integral to
The last four years of dismal times for me and you
The media clowns miss the leapfrog to her skin suit
As she plays out Trumpian policy like trivial pursuit
With the practice of orators, they speak with deference
To her career of flawlessly, incriminating experience
Leaning the skeptical mind to unwrap hints the mystery
That becomes daily a pattern of re-written history
The DNC was a scene of the wealthy degrading the wealthy
Pretending their humanity through hypocrisy is healthy
Proud only of America when it serves their purposes
And discounting the monetary gains of offering their services
The Kamala buzz snoozed around the convention's floor
As self-celebrations became far to hard to ignore
They attempted to flip the script as to who did what
What did they take so that the six years were forgot?
(c) August 23, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Industry Is Increased, Commodities Are Multiplied, Agriculture and Manufacturers Flourish: and Herein Consists the True Wealth and Prosperity of A State
“Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Thought For the Day: I Have Never Listened To Anyone Who Criticized My Taste In Space Travel, Sideshows or Gorillas. When This Occurs, I Pack Up My Dinosaurs and Leve the Room
“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” – Ray Bradbury
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 