The story has been told Jesus is the key to all I hold He's there in every victory As near and far as I can see
Giving sight to the blind I see how He's healed the lame Looking further, I know that I find His is the most powerful name
Every demon trembles under the Lord's gaze As God's followers continue to praise I've come alive with right intention His miracles have my solemn attention
Here in this holiest of hours I see the validity of His resurrection power Risen from death to roll the stone from His grave I'll spread the message that He's come to save
My eyes are fixed on His good With love and joy, it's understood I'm alive in His name and understand It's all according to His Holy plan
(c) November 18, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” – Douglas MacArthur
Comfortable In the Discomforts of the Heart by Michael Doyle
Past all the great and well-known speakers Is the preacher in comfortable sneakers He's giving a shout-out about Revelation As he provides a succinct explanation
A life lived in a would-you-rather game The choice was made to loudly preach it Even a preacher's kid knows all the same That for some truths, you have to teach it
You need to lean in with enthusiasm As the good news is given with optimism Christ gives us that great things are in store Until it brings us coming back for more
It's a prayer said for the benefit of everyone Given in a message spread about the Son In all that we are given and quietly told The age of Revelation has begun to unfold
There are critical things that we must say As we rapidly approach these last days We are becoming aware as we live in this age we're in That there will be hard days despite being forgiven
In this place filled with brotherly love We fill the space through the ways of Heaven above There will be times filled with great pain God has told us and made it quite plain
God's open door cannot be shut with just any key But the key of David, which we have yet to see Those who stand strong in and for God's holy name Will be made and kept strong, all without blame
This is the age of coming times for the earth's trial It's the last leg of our sacred survival Those who keep the faith given in its affirmation Will be steadfast by and through God's proclamation
We keep our faith in the creator's divine liberty Not by the words revealed by the world's insecurity But that our ears should be tuned to what is right While blinded eyes are returned to their holy sight
Trusted voices will have the right to assessment From these truths will come the actual investment What we need to know comes as our correction These are the words worth our introspection
The promises God has made are the true motivation To keep the integrity of our lasting correction Let us let holiness be grafted into our step For this is the truth in all that we have left
Let thy will be done in all and in everything Given the best of our best in what we bring We receive God's words, knowing they are inspired While never allowing ourselves to be too tired
We are not to conform God to our points of view But instead to remake ourselves as He knows true This world is filled with risky bits of navigation It requires us to always stay in naked reflection
In these tricky times that question authority Turning aside Kurious as if it's simply legendary Choice architecture is nothing but manipulation That strives to drive division through its insinuations
Living life by a menu of false categories Is to walk a path that is incendiary Harm dished out is the primer of false identity But there are other choices far more friendly
Full of grace and full of truth to discern This is the path through which we learn Jesus is the Lord who came to serve us all This is the truth we must keep in mind and recall
In a world filled with lies, His is the truth It has been spoken and kept before us since our youth Christ is the ultimate gatekeeper of the door That divided good and evil in this spiritual war
So many doors are of unneeded distractions And can be inherent in their explicit attraction We should be praying these are shut away If we are to keep the path and not stray
We Christians are called out as fishers of men We must focus on this or fall for our sins This leads away from our needed salvation And with this fall from grace, we lose our relation
This, then, is our golden opportunity When we can bring life with our ability This is the truth; we were born to care And by our walk, we must share
(c) November 17, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“If you get condemnation out of the Gospel, you put the condemnation into it yourselves! It is not the Gospel, but your rejection of it that will condemn you.” – Charles Spurgeon
” Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” – Revelation 3:20
As just another poet by design I would like to contest what's mine You see, it's true that I'm not dead But folks want to argue over words said
The count is not final in the least Though some would provoke the beast They're telling me what exactly was meant As though my words were theirs, I lent
Partly yours is that what you say As if that will ever indeed be the day You can borrow whatever it is you want But that hound dog doesn't hunt
Saying you know my mind better than I do And even if that poem was about you It is up to me to see and say what I see As long as it is dressed up, in quiet dignity
I don't want it misrepresented in connection Dazzling as it is in its verbal representation None of what I've said is meant to confuse The truth I trust is you've always been my muse
Partly yours is that what you say As if that will ever indeed be the day You can borrow whatever it is you want But that hound dog doesn't hunt
Delicately laced in every sensibility Your fingertips trace with sensuality You are cunning in your hideaway tact Fooling the world with your elegant act
Wishing to wake from your loving deception Every move you make proves my exception The rights of passage are like words read In the make-believe world, you leave unsaid
Partly yours is that what you say As if that will ever indeed be the day You can borrow whatever it is you want But that hound dog doesn't hunt
(c) November 15, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” – Thomas Jefferson, Note in Destutt de Tracy, “Political Economy,” (1816)
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This statement comes down to the reasonable expectation of the rule of law and the principle of equality. The courts and all aspects of the law are to endeavor toward neutrality and transparency and remain focused on the maintenance and steady pursuit of liberty. Though the phrase rule of law has become tainted with lawfare and other abuses of the legal processes, we must remain fixed on it as an aspiration for our nation and world. Democratic processes, even in the republic, that is, the United States, cannot effect the necessary reforms needed if we do not first endeavor to base these processes on the rule of law equally and impartially.
This embodies Aristotle’s governments, established and ruled under law, not individuals’ arbitrary and capricious whims. This is to say that law should be publicly promulgated, equally enforced, and independently adjudicated. A nation’s governance must be consistent with human rights norms and standards. Adherence to the principles of supremacy of law, equality before these laws, and accountability to our nation’s laws must be maintained.
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
