Committing to the improbable We reach out to do the impossible Knowing that we're fully capable Making these things, through God, possible
Anchored in faith and in vision Are opportunities opening with precision Leading with faith into the future These are the dreams that we nurture
Keeping God first holds us together Linking arms to make all things better This kind of a dream cannot be wrong To stand together, worship is where we belong
We each prayerfully play our parts Held up by the commitments of our hearts All of life is held up to affirmation When we live our lives in true confirmation
Leaning into God for all that is relevant As we stretch us in our moments of development Characters are built in all that we do This then finds its way to the best of me and you
(c) February 5, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” – Romans 8:28
“Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.” – Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet, and playwright (3 Feb 1874-1946)
As believers we walk from sin Learning to live true life again God, in His richness has been kind By this grace, we are not left behind
This blessing has been given as gift To heal the breach between our rift Now , it comes that we must rearrange God asks to make this needed change
Sanctified and set apart in our direction We walk purposeful in our true correction Accepting the blessings of our life’s grace In all of our fullness we blessedly embrace
We know that we are sinners, and that is past It is not where our attention should ever last There are three sorts of Christian category That make up God’s struggling sense of family
Some of the family has made to it way to grace With contented hearts and giving love to embrace Some of the family has changes to still make None of which are the type any of us can fake
Some of the family is lost with a constant craving All of which needs to change and is not worth saving Sometimes we need to leave the past for present Leaving behind our mistakes to live God’s imprint
But with each change made we become more alive Giving the moments of love and learning to forgive Our good life as Christians is only by God’s grace This is the truth that we must always carefully embrace
We stumble as we reach for all that we deserve Living each step along the way that we serve God has done this so that we might live for His glory Living righteously for the bragging rights of this story
(c) January 29, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Pause to reflect that America is the only successful multiracial constitutional republic in history. To survive in an increasingly dysfunctional and hostile world abroad, the unique idea of the United States requires concord. But national cohesion is only possible through citizens subordinating their tribal interests to a common culture. Only then do they cease being automatons of warring tribes and collectives. As the world becomes ever scarier, Americans must — as Benjamin Franklin once warned — hang together, or most certainly they will soon all hang separately.” – Victor Davis Hanson
“The eyes of the world being thus on our Country, it is put the more on its good behavior, and under the greater obligation also, to do justice to the Tree of Liberty by an exhibition of the fine fruits we gather from it.” – James Madison (1824)
On the pathway of my recovery There was the load of self-discovery Finding out who I was and had left Was, at times, my positive half-step
The mistakes made, I had to learn The stripes I have, I had to earn Every scar has me reaching for stars Stripped down to my dreams of going far
There are so many tears behind my smile Though complaining was never my style I'm going to raise it up with bottled cheer Pressing on into the best of each new year
You know that there is plenty left to be said About the crazy things going on inside my head But it's probably best to leave it as it's done Until I'm sitting with victory at last won
Let's hear it for the ones who keep on trying Who don't sit down in their defeat, lost in crying Always on the get back up and dusting off another try It's that or stay down, and knowing ourselves as reason why
(c) February 2, 2023 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government. … Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
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
