“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable to Abuse
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Thought For the Day: Man Is Condemned To Be Free. Condemned Because He Did Not Create Himself, Yet Is Nevertheless At Liberty
“Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.” – Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
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First Principles: The Army (Considering the Irritable State It Is In, Its Suffering and Composition) Is A Dangerous Instrument To Play With
“The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.” – George Washington (1783)
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Muddle Through Hymn
Muddle Through Hymn
by Michael Doyle
We need Jesus, here and now
As it is, as we muddle through
The world might treat us foul
We'll get through it me and you
Allowing Christ to the magnified
We live our lives sanctified
In our hearts, lives our battle cry
Doing our best as we quietly dignify
That though we might be put in fire
It's our belief that will inspire
Living our faith before all the world's eyes
The altar of our lives lived in faith as we rise
There are many battles left to fight
That will one day bring our truth to light
We begin there in prayer on bended knees
Living in humble supplication aimed to please
We stand firm on God's holy ground
Prepared for battle round for round
Proclaiming what we've gladly found
Words have power uttered from this holy ground
(c) January 23, 2023 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Alar of Our Lives, Battle Cry, Digniy, Faith, Fire, Hym, Inspire, Jesus, Magnify, Muddle Through, Poetry and Poems, Sanctify, The World
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Thought For the Day: Once the Central Planners Are In Complete Control, You’re Just As Dead If They’re Accidentally Wrong As You Would Be If They Intended It
“The [World Economic Forum] want total power to address ‘crises.’ We must remember that throughout history, the worst crises faced by humanity — wars, famines, plagues, starvation, slavery, death on a widespread scale — were either caused by those in power or exacerbated by them. Those horrific results need not be motivated by malevolence; mere error can do as much damage. Tens of millions of Chinese people died in the famine that was caused by the policies in Chairman Mao’s ‘Great Leap Forward.’ Once the central planners are in complete control, you’re just as dead if they’re accidentally wrong as you would be if they intended it.” – Laura Hollis
If you think the Great Reset is something from conspiracy theory: The Great Reset | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
First Principles: The Care of Human Life and Happiness, and Not Their Destruction, Is the First and Only Legitimate Object of Good Government
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson (1809)
What Happens In Consequence
What Happens In Consequence
by Michael Doyle
Church is best served in community
Worshipping the Lord as if a family
Life is best lived in love and appreciation
Spreading this wealth, generation to generation
We learn to live through our imagination
Living words in their vivid translation
Weaving messages into the lives we live
We live the truth as we love and forgive
Stretched in the wonder and the awe
God is bigger and better than our fall
Keeping our minds in focus through our eyes
We are greeted with the love we recognize
Put to the test, we are left with sighted eyes
Happy and blessed by each instance of surprise
Regardless, as it were, of our respective parentage
The ways of God are to be lived as our inheritance
Living our grace carefully tendered with mild mercy
While spoken words seek carefully to avoid heresy
We are put to life's tests that are steadily given
Living each day knowing that we are somehow forgiven
Evangelizing through the ways we live and that we act
We live our faith as if these are the important facts
That our lives should be lived out through God's love
Following the ways of God and as if in Heaven above
The words of God are processed in how it is we read
Interpreting as it is and were through our needs
In this rapid age lived, we have less need for information
That we do have the need to grow in our interpretation
How we think and why we startle when we dare to think
Is what defines the truth that brings us to the brink
Everyone is in need to stop a moment in our analysis
Or, this information age will lead us to moral paralysis
Loving the Lord God with our entire hearts and our souls
And applying this love to all within our simple control
Is how to live our lives as we act in rightful application
Allowing God's passion to grow into our fullest appreciation
We are driven and are more fully nurtured living under pressure
At least, that is, when we live up to our true Biblical measure
We struggle through this daily living along the Blood Way
Well traveled, slightly trembled, and mixed, we are saved this day
As Samaritans, we need then to burn until we fully empathize
Coming to our truest senses as we come to finally realize
That allowing ourselves to help others is to live to real need
There is no prohibiting love practiced we are to fulfill the read
Breaking into the splinters of our hearts as God wills us to do
Opening our eyes to see the grace given to me and to you
No one stands outside the sacrificing promises of grace
This living love is what it is that we are meant to truly embrace
Our shortcomings and offenses come to the end, finally stilled
As we live our lives has God has taught us in the Word revealed
Half empty, or half full is a pace of gravest consequence
And if we still have breath, we have life to live in reverence
Service brings us to our greatest part of significance
As we live our lives yet to be lived out in magnificence
We find our greatest sense of the flock's true purpose
As we, the church, live out our lives in dignified service
Thanking God for all that He has given us in shining grace
And loving the world so much that all heart will perhaps embrace
Giving ourselves in Jesus's mold with or fullest intention
We bring our best in giving our callings our sincere attention
(c) January 22, 2023 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
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Thought For the Day: All Life Is Sacred
“There Is A Seamless Web to Life…All Life Is Sacred…”. – Nat Hentoff
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First Principles: Nil Desperandum – Never Despair. That Is A Motto For You and Me. All Are Not Dead; and Where There Is A Spark of Patriotic Fire, We Will Rekindle It
“Nil desperandum, — Never Despair. That is a motto for you and me. All are not dead; and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.” – Samuel Adams
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