“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” – Joseph Story
Burning Down Our Idols
by Michael Doyle
In our desire for deepening connection
Each of us worships in our own direction
Fixated with our paths of our obsession
The things we dwell on take their possession
There is the compromise of our aspiration
Which becomes the conformity of our dedication
We worship the idols formed by our admiration
And we keep them in the fullness of our cultivation
Attaching power in this path of ideology
We grasp at the worse of false theology
As seek out comfort in our tainted symbology
In hope it will foster our prosperity
Our idols take on their own sorts of significance
Held in admiration, this becomes magnificence
Each of us dances in our own form of swagger
That carvers its part in us like a dagger
Where our eyes are is the path of our legacy
The sacrifice of ourselves should be our dignity
We must give to God the fullness of our everything
Is the entirety of us, that to our Lord we must bring
There is a blessing and curse in our free will
To worship or not the God who has paid our bills
As for me an mine we will love the Lord fully
Of our hearts, souls, and minds, focused loyally
All things in heaven and earth are and were created
So our existence should be understood as dedicated
Our Lord God belongs on the thrones of our hearts
Never letting our focus waive or ever depart
All of creation is in its artful adoration
The wholeness of the true God's sainted creation
In all of us, let us live as altars magnified
In the hymns of Christ, let His praises be deified
(c) November 29, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.” – Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, No. 1, 1776
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827)
A Single Word
by Michael Doyle
A single word divided night from day
This is the goodness found in God's way
Amidst life's tears and cheerful laughter
His goodness is worth running after
As long as it is that I am capable
I will remain resolute and faithful
In every moment continuing to surrender
His mercy is delivered mild and tender
In this season of thoughtful gratitude
We link arms in prayer, keeping right attitude
Encouraged as we are to stay this course
And giving as we are in our every resource
(c) November 27, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thomas Cooper, 1802
“A body of clay, a mind full of play, a moment’s life — that’s me.” -Harivansh Rai Bachchan, poet (27 Nov 1907-2003)
Ode To Overindulgence
by Michael Doyle
Despite the holiday season being reserved
For the best of things humanity has deserved
Something needs to be said with resplendence
About our communal habits of overindulgence
In the book of life's worst lessons unlearned
Is the soul of this matter fully discerned
Somewhere between multiple turkeys and pumpkin pies
The binge is on to pad the calories on our thighs
There we sit in our unloosened sweats and jeans
Believing we're eating happiness in our American dreams
No one dares to disturb this consumptive jubilation
After all 4000 calories leads the way to our celebration
Let it be remembered how this habit started
Though these bleakest of times have long since departed
But the feasts were once the days no one went to be hungry
And that my friends is a cause of joy and not to be angry
Eating has become a social matter of much given pleasure
Each morsel a memory that we will somehow always treasure
Let's kept it known that eating with others makes food better
There is an intrinsic value measurable in feasting together
A calculated bit of hedonism there in it's disinhibition
Of joy, pleasure and overindulgence in it exhibition
Don't ever let a stomachache dampen the festive spirit
But instead build the memories and then then never forget it
Studies worldwide have shown a few extra pounds per human being
Will not lower the happiness or wellness of our well-being
Living with balance and letting love lead us along the way
This is the path of getting through best on the holidays
Along with the feasting let's add the thanks to this day
Losing the feasting next and keeping gratitude in every way
Don't beat yourself up as you begin to build this foundation
But rather make a plate of happiness enjoyed without explanation
(c) November 26, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.” – Psalm 100:4-5
“I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.” -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (13 Nov 1850-1894)
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