I begin this in prayer and dedication Standing firm on God's holy foundation Speaking the Word of God before me In supplication, I seek to let this be
God, the three-in-one, formed in trinity Is holy and righteous in His dignity Welcoming us into the ultimate truth As in the days of now and our days of youth
Prayers made translate from need to deed When we're willing to take the lead Process, pressure, and pain are the bounds That any such leaders have naturally found
The Devil attacks going for broke But we won't back down from the Woke Good leadership openly demands That we politely and firmly take our stand
We must not fear to openly talk About the walk that must be walked Speaking the words of God that must be spoken However much it is that society is broken
The Book of Daniel speaks on the separation That can come from a fearful interpretation We must remain attentive to the wisdom That pours out of God's holy kingdom
While resisting the power of the marketplace And its reeducation that leaves its traces Standing strong in the face of blurring illusions That come about from the world's constant confusion
This resistance must surface from deep within It's through God and discipline, we beat back sin We must not allow a shift in identifying names But remain identified with God and staying the same
In this age, we must avoid manipulation of our identity And keeping firm to the beliefs that we ratify Our standards must be kept in their rightful place While we carefully keep God's ways that we must embrace
Standing faithful as we must we are firm in our trust Not just because we can but knowing that we truly must Holding strong to the ways that we hold in esteem We remain courageous and in confidence of our dreams
We hold to the strategies that are meant to tame us all It is in maintaining the godly ways we must always recall The hand of God is allowed to work throughout our life Regardless of the many challenges and constant strife
Our worldview must be shaped by our Word view Attentive to scripture and knowing what is true This is the relevance that we grow to truly know And we all know that it only through God that we grow
We must keep in mind that in life's constant presentation Most of it is actually in having done well in our preparation It is to be led by our living God's words and all His ways We must hold to our faith throughout all of our days
(c) February 12, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people.” – Thomas Jefferson
I know that my place is reserved By grace, Heaven is now deserved For a sinner who once did wrong I have changed, and now I belong
While it is that all around This wicked world is shaking I cling to the grace I've found There's no mistaking
My tears of joy will not wait As I open up the floodgate Overcome in my sweet repentance Fear has become replaced with acceptance
That the grace of God has been given This comes with knowing that I'm forgiven And I meditate on what I've received As I stand acquitted, no longer deceived
I've found my strength comes From the love of my sweet Lord Shielded by the holy kingdom With the Word yielded as my sword
My tears of joy will not wait As I open up the floodgate Overcome by my sweet repentance Fear is now replaced by acceptance
In taking on this adversary My life's steps have been contrary Until this path, I willingly embraced And in my mirror, I have faced
The truth of taking on the enemy With the Lord present as my friend Shielding my guilt so tenderly The Lord's grace waited patiently
My tears of joy can no longer wait As I open up the floodgate My guilt is replaced by repentance Forgiveness came with my acceptance
(c) February 11, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”- Daniel 12:3 (NIV)
Every traveler is a hero in their own story Imperialists and kleptomaniacs after a slice of glory Culturally misappropriating cultures for the taking Collecting treasures boxed away to the point of breaking
Contesting the pragmatic bounds of lopsided sentiments As though stealing the culture of others is relevant This raises the obvious questions of the underserved Never mind whether or not the destruction is deserved
Are the purposes of a unidirectional sense of path One that adds up to the self-correction of a fuzzy math That progress is made undistracted by the curiosity That turns a blind eye to every theft and atrocity
It seems that all roads lead to a sense of semi-familiarity Cousins of Western tradition woven into tattered consistency Us versus them still tatters the edges of the storyline That pretends humanity's throne is owned by one bloodline
The truly discerning eye, if it dares to openly enter An accurately astute observation finds there is no center Instead, the eye finds a widespread story splendor and decline As if there never truly was any sense of grand design
To see the world as it is is to leave assumptions of power And know that wealth and animosity rarely define an hour Past the force of opinion impressed on others through blood And that the real truth rests in the murk and mire of mud
That mixes all paths, coming as it is from all directions The willing mind finds itself open to historic corrections Bread baskets built the empires by which we know the past But these are the empires that expanded but could not last
It seems that all roads lead to a sense of semi-familiarity Cousins of Western tradition woven into tattered consistency Us versus them still tatters at the edges of the storyline That pretends humanity's throne is owned by one bloodline
Saint Augustine was a Berber and yet was a Roman citizen The differences between the similarities make us all cousins Examination of the good life evidences that truly all life Seeks the peace of more things similar than a contest for strife
Archeology has proven only so certain in defining authority It's more slapdash, haphazard in its complicated intersection There is no absolute truth knowable, only its interpretation This is the discovered beauty of all that is our known history
It seems that all roads lead to a sense of semi-familiarity Cousins of Western tradition woven into tattered consistency Us versus them still tatters at the edges of the storyline That pretends humanity's throne is owned by one, single bloodline
(c) February 10, 2024 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Aloha Promises Forever wishes all its readers the greatest contentment and success in this new year of the wood dragon! May all of your aspirations be met with the fullest success!!
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
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