Thought For Today: Most of All, Perhaps, We Need Intimate Knowledge of the Past. Not That the Past Has Any Magic About It, But Because We Cannot Study the Future

“Most of all, perhaps, we need intimate knowledge of the past. Not that the past has any magic about it, but because we cannot study the future, and yet need something to set against the present, to remind us that the basic assumptions have been quite different in different periods, and that much which seems certain to the uneducated is merely temporary fashion.” – C.S. Lewis

Why precisely we must defeat the global movement, but particularly in the United States, to eradicate so much of our past history.

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Nine Lives

Nine Lives
by Michael Doyle

It wasn't exactly love at first bite
But it took an encouraging invite
She wanted a man who loved her brain
At long last, the search wasn't in vain

It was a love affair made for a few
It was time to sink one's teeth into
Some say it was in the interest of science
I really don't know if they had a conscience

It will take more than lives
For any of us to stay alive
We'll need them because Hell has poured
The dead among us in these hordes

Optimists say that we'll always find our way
But this isn't what's meant when they say
That love is blind, yet, well find our way
Who knew that Haiti would lead to that way

All these secrets kept too late
As though science determines our fate
One bite and you are gone
With nothing left to think on

It will take more than lives
For any of us to stay alive
We'll need them because Hell has poured
The dead among us in these hordes

The scientist wants to open every door
But not often does he ask what for
One bite and all is tragically done
Even before the setting of the sun

Families are ripped apart
In a world filled with broken hearts
Living through disaster on top of disaster
It's hopeless and one gets what they're after

It will take more than lives
For any of us to stay alive
We'll need them because Hell has poured
The dead among us in these hordes

We search for a grain of hope so long
Telling ourselves we have to be strong
Searching to build our new tomorrow
We seek to ease our pain and end our sorrow

Everyday is a struggle to go on
We find some sense of humor to hang on
Humor and lies join to protect us from grief
As we desperately cling to our beliefs

It will take more than lives
For any of us to stay alive
We'll need them because Hell has poured
The dead among us in these hordes

(c) October 15, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: If Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More, and Become More, You Are A Leader

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

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Thought For the Day: When There’s No More Room In Hell, the Dead Will Walk the Earth

“When there’s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.” – George Romero

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Seeking the Ways

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Seeking the Ways
by Michael Doyle

Seeking the ways I can improve
I know that God is going to move
I can't help but chase it around
The power and glory that I've found

Life lived in all its harmony
There in the notes that surround me
You know that I'm singing about the King
Come know the joy that He brings

Walking the talk that I'll rock
Now I walk the glory that I talk
I raise my praise into a shout
It's Jesus that I'm talking about

While I've something frightening
My heart rejoiced at Satan being struck by lightning
This, then, is my worship and testimony
Coming together knowing that God loves me

Here is my sacred, healing heart
I know that God finishes what He starts
I'm not dead, and He is not done
I've surrendered my life to the Father and the Son

(c) October 14, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Onyx Orchards Winter Fest 2019 - The Wise Still Seek Him

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Thought For the Day: To Be Nobody But Myself – In A World Which Is Doing Its Best, Night and Day, To Make You Everybody Else – Means to Fight the Hardest Battle Which Any Human Being Can Fight, and Never Stop

“To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. “– E.E. Cummings, poet (14 Oct 1894-1962)

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First Principles: The American Republic Will Endure Until the Day Congress Discovers That It Can Bribe the Public With the Public’s Money

“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Walking In A Mystery

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Walking In A Mystery
by Michael Doyle

The preacher, in his way of reaching
Has spent his time preaching
The fullness of God's holy word
Bounces in letters that have become blurred

In all of God's glorious mystery
We've heard history and prophecy
Joined together as God's legacy
The real-life loved through you and me

The same as it was yesterday
Today still has time for us in every way
Life is loved with goodness and control
We follow the scriptures good for our souls

Between these pillars, I know peace and love
As we believers stand worshipping God above
All that happens is for God's good plan
We build our faith that we might understand

This book of red print is one of Jesus's revelation
As John transcribed these words of holy explanation
Letter by letter, John's letters spoke the truth
All of this is to be heard and learned from our youth

Prayer is the focal point of our attention
It reconnects us with the best of the right intention
Satan's lies are whispered to malign and distract
Shaken faith impacts how each of us will act

There are seven stars held in the holy hand
Of the one who holds the seven lampstands
All of this knowing that life knows what we do
He keeps His love attentively on me and you

Though hardships will come, surely they will go
AS the living waters continually flow
The good works are known and have grown
As we do and live the blessings shown

We, ourselves, must read the Bible to self-feed
This is the direction of truth that God leads
Worship is a thing of steady priority
Following God's call and knowing His authority

We must not be apathetic or grow cold
Our love for God and His people must not grow old
This is the importance of our relationship
That our hearts are set for rightful worship

The enemy of faith is indifference
We must keep the love and reverence
That keeps God and Jesus foremost on our minds
Keeping the love of God and Jesus as sublime

Stopping to think as we deeply feel
All the godly things we know to be real
Repeating and reprioritizing as we turn
Back to the faithfulness from which we learn

Getting back to where we once were
However much our lives made into a blur
It's not Jesus who moved from the driver's seat
It is you and me who have chosen to retreat

It's our unruly and unholy habits of
Doing those things that take us from love
Instead, we must revere God and His Son
Letting their and not our wills be done

(c) October 13, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Holy Ghost Headquaters - Fight the Good Fight

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Thought For the Day: Hope Is the Thing With Feathers That Perches In the Soul – and Sings the Tunes Without the Words and Never Stops At All

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson

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First Principles: Blessed Is the One Who Reads Aloud the Words of This Prophecy, and Blessed Are Those Who Hear It and Take To Heart What Is Written In It, Because the Time Is Near

“ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” – Revelation 1:3

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