“Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.” – Alexander Hamilton (1793)
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First Principles: Foreign Influence Is Truly the Grecian Horse To A Republic. We Cannot Be Too Careful To Exclude Its Influence
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First Principles: It Is Error Alone Which Needs the Support of Government. Truth Can Stand By Itself
“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Subject opinion to coercion: whom will you make your inquisitors?” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
Thought For the Day: Try Liberty; For Liberty Is An Acknowledgment of Faith in God and His Works
“And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works.” – Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850)
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Then Sings My God
Then Sings My God
by Michael Doyle
Dive on in and get off the fence
Live your potential, not your pretense
Go ahead and carry the burden of the cross
It's only for your gain and never your loss
Worshipping in all the iconic spaces
We touch the truth God embraces
Breathtaking as His presence draws near
We lean in to follow Bethlehem's Star
Not side-stepping or trying to get around
All the slipping situations that we've found
We must push and reach to fully understand
The holy engagements fully in their demands
Worship is the soul goal of our theology
Deserved as it is by cause of His divinity
Showing up in the better parts of everyday
Anchored in His glory, in living moments, we pray
In Jesus's name, we issue a proclamation
To follow up in full substantiation
Rising against circumstances with righteous indignation
The resolve needed needs no further explanation
We are resolved to worship in right attitude
Filled with the life service of our gratitude
Under all conditions, our light shines through
Rising to our standards in all that we do
In every moment saying yes, never refusing
To trace the heart of God and never losing
The grace given continues to remain sufficient
It revives our souls and is in no way deficient
For the future goodness of God, we remember our past
Open-ended in perspective and allowing it to last
In all ways knowing that all things are for redemption
And keeping this in our moments of deep contemplation
Rising up in our faith, believing that our God is good
Our perspective keeps us well this is it is understood
Keeping out of faces but putting ourselves in others' shoes
To keep this in mind, that they're paying their own dues
Witness what God is doing in the lives of these others
Praying for the attention of the Lord's lessons for one another
The goal is to understand our Lord better at all times
Living this out even when reaching for our ending rhymes
(c) November 20, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Bethlehem's Star, Cross, Fence, Gain, God, Iconic Spaces, Poetry and Poems, Presence, Pretense, Sing, Truth
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First Principles: Can the Liberties of A Nation Be Thought Secure When We Have Removed Their Only Firm Basis, A Conviction…That These Liberties Are the Gift of God?
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever.” – Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 18, 1781
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Thought For the Day: He Is A Hard Man Who Is Only Just, and A Sad One Who Is Only Wise
“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.” -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 62, 1788
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First Principles: Fathers, Do Not Exasperate Your Children, Instead, Bring Them Up In the Training and Instruction of the Lord
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4 (NIV)
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Thought For the Day: I Slept and Dreamt That Life Was Joy. I Awoke and Saw That Life Was Service. I Acted and Behold, Service Was Joy
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” – Rabindranath Tagore, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (1861-1941)
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A Truth Told
A Truth Told
by Michael Doyle
Trapped within lies within lies
A truth illuminates under artificial skies
And the pain makes for the better man
It’s a script a believer can understand
Meant, as it is, to make us believe
Though written so carefully as to deceive
The all, the everything, that is the construct
It’s a mere illusion set to self-destruct
Every game has its own set of rules
Learn them well to win or be fools
The sooner we know this from the beginning
The sooner we can beak them and begin winning
Let’s overtax the systems in their dexterity
Overloading the paths of our own complexity
Breaking a few eggs along the way
Scrambled into the reflections based on yesterday
You thought you were clever in breaking my heart
But I knew you would do it from the very start
And the anguish that I feel leads to what is real
This then is the truth that a broken life reveals
We bring ourselves in final construction
The truth of ourselves is math of our mass destruction
However improbable, this is the answer
That feeds on our faith eating it as if a cancer
To be alive without ever really living
Is it illusory or something beyond forgiving
Frames per second are locked behind the vault
That once found can only lead to revolt
(c) November 17, 2022 Michael Doyle
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