“Love is more powerful than hate, Hope is more powerful than fear, Light is more powerful than dark “. -Joe Biden
After 25 minutes of searching through Biden quotes, this was the best I could find that everyone should find agreeable as a first principle. I even looked through the speeches his teleprompter drafted…..
“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.” -Claude Pepper, senator and representative (8 Sep 1900-1989)
Living: The Attempt
by Michael Doyle
It's in replacing us with you,
That we find the gospel true.
Anchored in His abundant life,
Through grace, we are removed from strife.
God's riches at Christ's bloody expense,
The hard truth strips us of our pretense.
As God's holy truth is revealed,
We find our hidden pressures cannot be concealed.
We, as works in progress, pass the test
By putting our faith in Jesus, that we might rest.
Knowing that we are lifted up when we fall,
So long that is, as we answer when our Lord calls.
The road turns our blindness toward the light.
We find our souls finally get it somewhat right.
As human candles, we illuminate the way,
By living our praise throughout our days.
Our heritage is rich in its deep legacy,
We look back on courage that is legendary.
The cross before us leads the way -
Our trust and faith carry the day.
Beseeched to be living sacrifices, leading others
Into loving God and loving one another.
Teaching and reaching well teamed together,
We can help the world to do and be better.
In God's goodness, He gave the world His son,
And with the crucifixion, the battle with Satan was done.
Salvation sets us free from our set of sins.
Sanctification and glorification lead us to find our friend.
We walk our lives in perfected harmony,
Through all the days that we live unto eternity.
Strengthening of spiritual growth is our measure.
The gates of Heaven hold our greatest treasure.
While this brings us to great emotion,
We must turn our eyes toward our devotion.
Driven by God's sweet and loving mercy,
We find living for God is truth, not heresy.
The push and pull of our twin motivations,
Trigger the grace of our loving devotion.
We awake as new creatures wearing our best "good"
As Jesus insists, and it is best understood.
With all God gives and has accomplished,
Our path with God is one well-established.
Heart and soul, we are driven by purpose -
To live our lives in God's good service.
Belonging as one of God's holy family,
We step into each step as a step of agency.
Purified to live life, not in commotion,
But doing all we do in God's devotion.
Giving all of ourselves for God's glory,
Sacrificed as we are as part of God's story.
The wages of sin are a penalty of death.
Living for our God, we are sanctified by His breath.
In doing this, we learn to fix our attitudes.
We learn to live our lives with gratitude.
No longer distracted by unintentional drift,
Instead, we surrender to God's greatest gift.
We need to avoid strategic incompetence,
Becoming more skilled as we grow into repentance.
Doing our part to live out the best of our hearts.
This is how it should be, if it were from the start.
Making our best attempts at consecration,
We live our mission in full concentration.
In the face of the flow of God's authority,
We are to live our lives with good quality.
This is the quality that leads to fulfillment,
Living life for God as it's truly meant.
This applied to life, is our reasonable service,
Governed as we are to live out our purpose.
Knowing what we believe and have believed,
We walk in truth, not easily deceived.
These are practical steps for faith received,
We grow stronger lives in how they are to be lived.
We are to live well to the extent that we can,
Living in peace toward everyone, every woman and man.
Each day renewed in buoyancy to keep heads above water,
We are simply on the path of following our Father.
Transformed in souls and minds with enormity,
We rise above the human need to seek worldly conformity.
We are renewed every day, focused as a living prayer,
Forever mindful that our God is always there.
(c) September 7, 2025 Michael Doyle
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“There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.” – J.I. Packer
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Romans 12:2 NIV
A Case For Somaliland
by Michael Doyle
Washington held it as a proper expectation
That immigrants would adhere to dedication
That anyone moving into our great nation
Would endeavor to adopt the path of assimilation.
Still, we find that there are familial ties
To their past nation, and without the need for lies
One such nation has risen from the clouds of darkness.
And as a sovereign nation, it escaped from harshness.
Somaliland is independent and holds sovereignty,
But it needs acknowledgment for its legitimacy.
Said Barre sought to dismantle Somalia's dignity,
Ruling through death and causing an insurgency.
This crude tyranny relied on Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Democratic dissent was disallowed through his cruelty.
Bowing to his Soviet paymasters, in practiced annihilation
Barre's rule brought death and destruction to this nation.
Generations of trauma ended with the regime in 1991.
In a miracle, victory brought consensus, not the gun.
With determination and the vapid will to endure,
Somaliland sought constitutional rule as its cure.
While the rest of Somalia struggled itself into error,
Somaliland sought order, not warlordism and jihadist terror.
The hand of God was clear and evident in this choice.
Refusing hatred, Somaliland chose, instead, a healing voice.
In a region filled with the atrocities of extremism,
The people of Somaliland, instead, embrace pluralism.
Allowing each person to find their way to God's voice,
As a matter of individual dignity and each soul's free choice.
British respect for the rule of law has wrought decency,
In a region that has expressed a preference for tyranny.
Representative rule is handled by democratic institutions
Within the parameters of law set out in its constitution.
The economy is based on a sound respect for property.
The greatest resource is the love for fostering stability.
Lasting respect and rightful standing, it's known
This peaceful land may just reap what it has sown.
Embracing the ways of America with eyes toward tomorrow,
Brings hope but doesn't completely erase the sorrow.
Somaliland has shown that much is quite possible,
And with support, its continuing success is probable.
(c) September 6, 2025 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“The American Dream is freedom, prosperity, peace-and liberty and justice for all. That’s a big dream. It’s not always easy to achieve, but that’s the ideal. More than any country in history we’ve made gains toward a democracy that is enviable throughout the world. Dreams require perseverance if they are to be realized, and fortunately we’re a hard-working country and people. We are the luckiest people in history, just by the fact that we are Americans.” – Donald Trump
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All The Days Are Gone
by Michael Doyle
Listen a little closer to the song,
Tell me, does it somehow belong?
It's not a case of stump the band,
But it's a memory of favorites across the land.
Standing ready across this promised land,
What you want to hear, a wish becomes a command.
Happiness in a song isn't so hard to find,
It's the memory dedicated to those left behind.
Death's final gift to those left living
Is the memory of what life keeps giving.
It may be hard. It might be demanding.
But we do what we do to still be standing.
Standing as the lights go down,
Somehow we wear victory's sweet crown.
A salute to our friends lost along the way,
The truth has run us down to this day.
There's a pounding in my chest,
As I fight to live, like all the rest.
Playing it out to the very end.
We find our memories are our last best friend.
A hushed kind of whisper shines its light
On our every wrong we thought was right.
On the back streets of our fallen night,
Man, what a mess we were in God's full sight.
The last chord played in our heart,
Was the lost chord we searched for from our start.
A tear of happiness rolls down a wrinkled face
Of every broken heart that remembers the place.
Tramps like us, we were born to run
As we chased after our place in the sun.
We really had quite a lot of mischievous fun.
Let's have one more day before all days are gone.
...There's no one left to carry on.
My heart was sold down at the pawn shop and is gone.
... There's no one left to lean on.
It turns out life's fairytale was no once upon...
(c) September 5, 2025 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Hope — Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us…A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.” – Barack Obama
Bari was again entirely wrong on this one. God’s greatest gift to mankind is salvation. But he was right, considering how his administration dragged America downward; better days were found immediately after Bari left office.
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