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First Principles: I Am Not A Party Candidate, and If Elected, Cannot Be President of A Party, But the President of the Whole People
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To Bring Heaven To Earth
To Bring Heaven To Earth
by Michael Doyle
Alone in the desert for 40 days,
Jesus sacrificed for Heaven's ways.
Satan lurked, baiting another test.
The God's son was not allowed to rest.
Jesus was drawn there for contemplation.
Instead, the Devil offered His temptation.
The test was one of faith and true obedience,
While failure waited with false expedience.
The Father and not the tempter carried the day
As Jesus was determined to follow Heaven's ways.
The temptations of provision and of prominence,
Each had its absolute reasons of significance.
The second test was to put God's protection to the test,
Seeking protection from self-harm and not a jest.
Jesus knew He was protected under God's holy shadow,
Sometimes, such as these, it is enough to simply know.
In high places, Satan tempted Jesus with power,
Godly wisdom was enough to stop the Devil in this hour.
Jesus is the personification of Israel as a whole.
Satan would not derail the fulfillment of God's own soul.
From the moment of His holy baptism, He truly knew,
His invocation was to die for the likes of me and you.
Born to die is the dark heart of the Christian mystery,
God takes, shakes, and makes the unfolding of history.
The whole force of the glory, that which creates meaning,
All works together to shape the divine and the human being.
Into the living sacrifice, which is the point of this story.
God as the Son gave us life from sin turned to glory.
Jesus' ministry faced down the worst of the Adversary,
Once in the desert and then the Gardens of Gethsemane.
The sacrifice to come was given to fully atone
For humanity's sins, which, of course, weren't His own.
The costs of the sins of this world as this is understood,
Took the ghastly death of the man of perfected good.
The cup of judgment poured out to cover mankind's sin,
Not Jesus's will but God's for the good of all men.
The crucifixion shattered the link between sin and death,
And still He forgave all of humanity with His last breath.
Hopeful assurance advanced that day that Heaven will prevail.
This is the purpose and very center of God's earthly trail.
(c)April 24, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: All Our Discontents About What We Want Appeared To Spring From the Want of Thankfulness For What We Have
“All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.” – Daniel Defoe
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First Principles: Government …Springs From the Necessities of Our Nature, and Has An Everlasting Foundation In the Unchangeable Will of God
“Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the necessities of our nature, and has an everlasting foundation in the unchangeable will of God.” – James Otis
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Our Father’s Days
Our Father's Days
by Michael Doyle
The darkness is running
As the Lord's joy is coming.
We'll live our victory days,
Loudly singing in praise.
We clap our hands
As we joyfully understand.
It feels so sublime
As we're keeping holy time.
Rejoicing in the day the Lord made.
I'm walking strong and unafraid.
Watching the darkness running
As His kingdom is coming.
Immersed by thorough baptism,
I am filled with grace and optimism.
The days to come are filled with glory.
This is my savior's story.
An everlasting love plays its symphony,
Holy and complete with loving empathy.
Our hearts are filled with mercy's praise.
These are our Father's days.
(c) April 25, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Darkness, Days, Joy, Lord, Our Father, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Run, Victtorry
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Thought For the Day: Mercy To the Guilty Is Cruelty To the Innocent
“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.” – Adam Smith
We can see this evidenced as they go out committing more crimes and Soros paid for DAs let them off the hook over and over.
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First Principles: By Our Form of Government, the Christian Religion Is the Established Religion; and All Sects and Denominations of Christians Are Placed Upon the Same Equal Footing
“By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty”– Samuel Chase
Read about the findings of this seminal case here: Runkel v. Winemiller (1799) | The First Amendment Encyclopedia
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
by Michael Doyle
With a bit of patient contemplation
The Lord moved on to His third petition.
It was for the end of our temptation,
And deliver from evil, his holy nation.
The temptation is the passing of the test
That through connection to Heaven brings rest.
The fruit of the tree of good and evil was eaten
Without which Satan would have been beaten.
Sin and death were linked with a single bite.
This was the test that mankind didn't get right.
It came down to a relationship of trusted love.
The serpent caused a breach with Heaven above.
Satan held that God was only holding out,
The apple would bring wisdom to clarify doubt.
The single bite unleashed suffering and death
Quicker than humanity could catch its breath.
It comes down to the spiritual battle at play.
The Serpent twists and distorts each shaping day.
Jesus understands the power of this heartbreak
A wilderness test did not cause His soul to shake.
(c) April 22, 2026 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: All Things Must Be Examined, Debated, Investigated Without Exception and Without Regard For Anyone’s Feelings
“All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone’s feelings.” – Denis Diderot
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First Principles: Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: the Spirit of Inequality…and the Spirit of Extreme Equality
“Democracy has two excesses to avoid: the spirit of inequality, which leads to an aristocracy, or to the government of a single individual; and the spirit of extreme equality, which conducts it to despotism, as the despotism of a single individual finishes by conquest.” – Baron de Montesquieu
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 