“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington
“Perseverance and Spirit have done Wonders in all ages.” – George Washington to Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler (August 20, 1775)
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (15 Apr 1452-1519)
In Us and Through Us
by Michael Doyle
Prayerful in all that truly matters
Our God prepares us for when peace shatters
We know that God has intentional plans
As the world unfolds and God stymies even as He can
There on the inspired pages of the Holy Bible
Rest the direct invitation to become a disciple
If we give up the world to follow the cross
This is the path of victory and not one of loss
Each step along the way, we study and learn
As His opportunities come to be discerned
The deepest keys can only be opened from inside
As He molds us to be better beyond our pride
By knowing the words spoken by the Savior
We know the expectations set for our good behavior
To learn and savor our daily bread of our daily ways
And pay the wages of sin from all over our other days
Even in the loneliest places of desolation
God provides us sufficient to the conditions
He found a way to feed the masses who followed him
In all encountered ways and places, even there and then
The presence of Jesus served up the daily bread
It was found in everything he did, and all He said
The leaders, in His days, were filled with jealous hate
But even in charge, they lacked the power to seal his fate
The same remains today as we walk with humility
Keeping commitments as we live and love as one community
Working together for God whom we serve to prevail
Knowing that God's omniscient ways will never fail
False leaders know how to forecast with some hesitation
But the signs of the time signal the true interpretation
We find, time and again, that even the reluctant are of use
Examples, like Jonah and Noah, are quite profuse
We find that sin will cost more than anyone ever wants to pay
As we know, it yet might take the sinners the opposite way
Still, significant miracles are most often found in disguise
This motif is common enough despite the color of our skies
We found with Jonah that trying to escape is a futile task
And that the best course is to, faithfully, do as God asks
In the deeper end, we know this means guarding our theology
Keeping our courses correct in worshipping God correctly
And to now allow the yeast to rise in its false doctrines
Teachers will accountable for this errant and mortal sin
Following the wrong paths of modernity, however convenient
Is a thing that Jesus would ever hold as less than deviant
Today, as yesterday, we are called to be the shepherds
Keeping the good words we have experienced and heard
We are called to be good stewards every single day
We do this by walking our faith in every single way
As fractured sinners desperately in need of grace
We must stand committed to serving in His embrace
Taking diligence and care of what we daily knead
This is true in what we say, and what we do and read
Eventually, every knee will bend and tongue confess
On the other side of eternity, the cross is the test
We must follow Jesus focused without any distraction
And never allow Satan to move us off our good traction
Distraction can lead us to our bleakest death
It's better that we keep tracked to our last breath
It comes down, individually, to what of Jesus we believe
Do we hold to what God commands, or the Devil who deceives?
(c) April 14, 2024 Michael Doyle
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“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.’ – Matthew 6:24 (NIV)
“The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.” – John Owen
The Radical Amazement of Life
by Michael Doyle
Waking up this morning, there's no need for guessing
That each day of life is indeed an intricate blessing
With no doubt in my mind, I recognize this wholly
That just the pleasure of another day is something holy
In my life, I have had enough of proof to have enough cause
To believe that life is best lived in honoring God's laws
And never taking pause but to know that it isn't a blunder
If you and I put aside the doubts, living our lives in wonder
It is in keeping these things that we know better than neglect
That we begin to live our days with discipline and self-respect
This then grows the rudiments that provide a sense of dignity
That comes with the increase in our increasing ability
To live our lives in the sense of wonderment that is truly meant
Our purpose must become to live our lives in radical amazement
Gaining by shifting ourselves from self-consciousness to render
All that it means to at last give up ourselves as we surrender
It betters life when we realize our debt and take up gratitude
As our way of living and in doing this gain the right attitude
It's when we let go of perceptions of reality as a "thinghood"
We can smile to ourselves knowing that we've finally understood
(c) April 13, 2024 Michael Doyle
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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison, Correspondence to W.T. Barry (August 4, 1822)
“Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement…get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison (1787)
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