“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ!” – Patrick Henry
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First Principles: It Cannot Be Emphasized Too Strongly…That This Great Nation Was Founded …By Christians…On the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and Course of Nature, an Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – George Washington (1789)
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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is the Only Investment That Never Fails
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Christmas Time Again
Christmas Time Again
by Michael Doyle
You kiss the dog and pet the wife
Playing out scenes from its a wonderful life
You hang the lights and blame the season
Holding out the mistletoe as if the reason
For one more chance to seductively kiss
The secret love you know you'd truly miss
If you woke to find tomorrow never comes
While wiping away the snow that fogs the pane
It's officially Christmas time again
Spent in good cheer with family and friends
If you don't believe Santa, you still pretend
As you count blessings, you never want to end
The things that come and go, before our eyes
We forget that each morning is a blessing in disguise
Isn't it strange how easily we can lose it all
But when it is there, we somehow struggle to recall
Hot chocolate memories shard with a smile
Rock, paper, and scissors play out in denial
And I love how your eyes light up in surprise
Still looking for Santa in the moonlit skies
It's officially Christmas time again
Spent in good cheer with family and friends
If you don't believe Santa, you still pretend
As you count blessings, you never want to end
It doesn't matter how long the lines are
As Feliz Navidad strums across the busker's guitar
There is a question of time that begins to slow
As we look out the window into the Christmas snow
Spreading the cheer across the world, nation to nation
This is our time to join hands in blessed celebration
Merry Christmas, in its spirit, shared with everyone
Now that Christmastide has once again begun
(c) December 22, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of People: Those Who Say To God, ‘Thy Will Be Done,’ and Those To Whom God Says, ‘All Right, Then, Have It Your Way’
“There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.'” – C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
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First Principles: History and Experience Prove That Foreign Influence Is One of the Most Baneful Foes of Republican Government
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.” – George Washington (1796)
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First Principles: It Is of Great Importance To Set A Resolution, Not To Be Shaken, Never To Tell An Untruth
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Thought For the Day: One of the Oldest Human Needs Is Having Someone Wonder Where You Are When You Don’t Come Home At Night
“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (16 Dec 1901-1978)
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In Great Expectation
In Great Expectation
by Michael Doyle
Joy is conceived in every season
God's miracles rise without reason
Giving birth of great expectation
We must rejoice without exception
Meant as an ask fully requesting
We want to know what we're expecting
Though at times it feels we're drifting
We keep right attitude in our shifting
All in the name of the good that grows
Into all the good only God truly knows
We are preparing for our ending revelation
All that's coming and awaits good explanation
I say this with the greatest reverence
All God's changes bring the difference
Without closing our paths to tomorrow
We know our joy will someday replace sorrow
God's calling is different for us all
Leading us through sorrow to joy we'll recall
Each of us used for God's purposes every way
It is worth the price paid in these passing days
Christ endured the pain of the rugged cross
So that all of us would gain through this loss
Every step holds life in parallel production
That comes to each of us without introduction
Every finish come from God's chosen beginning
We must preserve, stay the course, and keep winning
Whatever the troubles to come, we need to keep steady
With every step, we get the help as we're ready
Into our spirit we receive God's holy seal
Delivered as it is and knowing that it is real
Closing our eyes in devotion to deepest prayer
Knowing our God is and will always be there
In our moments of patience and in open discernment
We seek after questions and God's holy encouragement
To receive the address that will bring us true joy
God only waits for us to gracefully assent and deploy
(c) December 20, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Ask, Birth, Drift, Exception, Expect, Explanation, Good, Great Expectation, Joy, Know, Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Revelation, Reverence, Season, Shift
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Thought For the Day: Ideas Are Indeed the Most Dangerous Weapons In the World
“Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.” – Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)
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