I find my daily bread In all His words said Thankful that he paid the cost Without which, I would be lost
From my cup of coffee To all that's given me I find myself thankful For a life that is so wonderful
It's given freely and without desperation My life is filled with God's inspiration And I stand in ceaseless dedication Knowing full well the source of my aspiration
Your name, sweet Jesus, is always on my mind I feel as though I am at your side, never left behind In these moments of your healing hour I know the blessings of your holy power
Your love spreads in my life like wildfire In your love, my soul soars higher Doing these things as I have been told I am amazed at your grace as my life unfolds
(c) April 8, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.” – Isaiah 13:10
Faith comes from hearing And learning to love It's not from fearing But following heaven above
Holding the doors open wide We know God always stands beside His followers, as we lift our hands in praise This is the faith flowing from our days
It's there in everywhere that we go We're always sure to let our love flow He is the one we will always extol From the top and the bottom of our souls
It seems that it is understood The Lord Jesus has brought us our good Even in the darkest night His will be our best guiding-light
With every breath left to the likes of me His love will always remain my theology For His is the love that is sweet and tender And so my very life, I willingly surrender
It is for me to sacrifice to God's purposes Being used as I might be in His services This I promise to live out in all my days While lifting my hands in song, love, and praise
(c) April 7, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.” – 2 Timothy 1:7-8 (NIV)
Some seek truth with hesitation While others cannot form the questions Often, answers arrive with simplicity Untangled as these are from the world's complexity
Faith belongs aside it's sister, reason Complementing each within its season Each tempers the other as humanity savors Both are blended in life as their best flavor
The universe formed on day one, page one The grand design of existence is defined as it is done For and by God's good purposes and is meant to work out Even as it does so, and yet leaves room for doubts
The idyllic Garden of Eden required its cultivation And in this cultivation began humanity's education The elements that makeup humanity's ragged souls These began protected but ended with escape from control
This rebellion began with a serpent's beckoning question It was in part spiritual and given and taken without hesitation Who are we to shape the boundaries of the earth and of sky It's the focus of reality yet no one really knows why
These first questions, asked back and forth, invited conversation Without a hint of the coming journeys or the destination Those places where humanity will travel and finally grow Such relationships define the path by which we will finally know
(c) April 6, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)
Some fools say that men don't cry But let me tell you, that's just a lie It's so hard to express inner truth And it's played that way since youth
We need to get the curtains down and out Moving hard beyond that shadow of doubt It's about moving out of our own way It's to find our kind of better way
Are we ready to process our communication Straight up, my love for you is beyond fascination I'm not just grooving with that glittered hype My armor's down; I've become the sensitive type
Though sometimes I try to wear the macho hard I've played it up like it's some sort of trump card But this time, my heart has found it's way out Peeking around, as it were, that dusty cloud of doubt
I'm not looking to ever find an excuse to take a walk More on the level, I want to stay and need to talk Girl, I'm so very happy that you are standing here I will always need the essence of you to be near
Shining up to be there forever for each other I don't ever want to find a reason to find another I want us to get to that place of our shine on And for our love to stay and for it never to be gone
It's so hard to show you my growing vulnerability But with you, I want to grow in having that capability Pardon me please, girl; it seems that my eyes are leaking It's only my heart, and it's true love that is speaking
(c) April 5, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
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
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 