“Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom.” – A. Whitney Griswold (1909-1963)
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams (1808)
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams, Defense of Constitutions, 1787
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (25 May 1803-1882)
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. “– Harry Emerson Fosdick, preacher and author (24 May 1878-1969)
Based on the sermon that I listened to here:
In Accordance With His Will
by Michael Doyle
From my lips, I proclaim your praise
As I do in all of my passing days
Crying out with joy and gladness
Prayer helps me escape this madness
From the great depths of the ocean
To the mountains of my humble devotion
All belongs to God as created by His hand
It is for one such as I to follow His commands
In this world, it is easy to have a hardened heart
It is from these tests, that prayer departs
So often lost in the desert, I stumble and stray
Until I seek again to follow in His holy way
May it be that I learn not to be a stranger
To control my passions and my anger
I would do as I might to be God’s instrument
Studying peace and sowing love as is meant
It is not so much important but to understand
To love more than love as is His purest command
It is my sincere hope that I do not self-deceive
When I believe it is in giving that we best receive
Though I am troubled and stay awake in my night
I ponder my heart until the breaking of morning light
I wish not to live my days in perpetual sorrow
But to do the right things, bringing a bright tomorrow
Though often God’s footsteps are those unseen
We must each rest in reliance as human beings
Humbled in the provision of God’s care and protection
Keeping our eyes sighted toward the right direction
These are my thoughts as I recite the Lord’s prayer
Committing myself again to the greatest care
That all things must be done according to God’s will
For in the end, through His Son, He has paid full bill
(c) May 23, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
“Our educational system may not teach students much math or science, but students learn from gutless academic administrators that mob rule is the way to get what you want — and to silence those who disagree with you.” – Thomas Sowell
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788
Dropping the Wrong Attitude
by Michael Doyle
Taking a deep breath with community
A moment to bring this to reality
Every day lived in our true measure
Living dignified even under pressure
Crossing the valley of well-renown despair
Approaching Gethsemane, the place of where
Beauty and brokenness are joined together
Taking the tired, the worse, and making it better
Those in prayer find others sleeping
In want of favor, God was left weeping
Delivered into sinners' hands, it's come
For this fearless moment in the Kingdom
Waking up to a disorientated reality
That comes on strong as if in viability
There are traitors that we must recognize
Even as we look them straight in the eyes
Jesus surrenders to those whom He is given
Even Judas was loved and and to be forgiven
Malicious agendas are simply cast aside
An act of holy grace despite the wrongness of pride
We drink the cup that God has given us
Living up to these standards just because
This is the way of living in our purity
We stand the test of time for His deity
Jesus is fully God and He is fully man
Able to save us and understand us as He can
Jesus came as sacrifice to reconcile humanity
Bring us believers to our sense of community
Walking face-to-face right up to corruption
In God's plan, this was no disruption
Victory was there deep inside His eyes
Declaring Himself, "I Am", as He defies
The wrongs of the world righted as our friend
As His deity transformed as more than a trend
God loves us no matter how it is that we dress
These are not the matters He is here to address
Lived a life in full knowledge of His destiny
This is the way and meaning of His sacred journey
As must be moved to act as catalyst for the good
Even when knowing, where he was going was understood
Somewhere beyond a deceptive world of feeling
Is the way of knowing and giving loving healing
These are the times for being an example
The differences made will be payment and ample
Fighting not with fists but with prayer
Peeling back the onion of life, layer by layer
Trust falling into the ways of true faith
Walking from the wicked ways and knowing we are safe
Fighting the good fight of pure belief
That transcends into peace beyond all grief
All of the best fights begin on the knees
Recognizing sin for what it is - disease
Lifting our voices up in humbled cry
With the drive or need to question why
This then we should do in our every day
So it is and so be it in our every way
(c) May 22, 2022 Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved
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