“Happily for mankind, liberty is not, in this respect, confined to any single point of time, but lies within extremes, which afford sufficient latitude for all the variations which may be required by the various situations and circumstances of civil society.” – James Madison, The Federalist Papers, No. 53, 1788
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
New Paths Shown
by Michael Doyle
Working hard for changes that we need
The kernels of thought plant the seed
Artificial interface brings us to zero
Engineers solving for real play the heroes
Be it carbon free concrete or green steel
The same names bring a renewed feel
Out of the laboratory to the streets is understood
As the only real way to bring about needed good
The answers are found in economy of scale
To turn this around for humanity's new tale
We cannot rely on things that are dreams
Only on those that are as workable as steel beams
And concrete sturdy to build our better place
The kind needed that can support the human race
As the population continues in its needs and to grow
There are changes needed that we already know
We must bravely go where we've not been yet
Learning from yesterdays filled with some regret
But our better tomorrows will yet be known
By mapping out these new paths as these are shown
(c) April 18, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.” – John Jay
“The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.” – Clarence Darrow, lawyer and author (18 Apr 1857-1938)
The true message of Easter is not found in the Cross. It is revealed in the empty tomb. It is Christ’s victory over death not for Him but for humanity. It is a four part play of Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Resurrection. Aloha Promises Forever prays that each and all find their redemption sooner than later and that each has a very blessed Resurrection Day 2022!
On the Third Day
by Michael Doyle
The Holy Spirit brings us power
But we bring tenderness to this hour
Easter then is the pinnacle of glory
As we tell the tale of the resurrection story
God is the business of setting things right
He paid for us our penalty and restored our sight
Through Him we find our way to the good
In this exchanging death for Heaven as we should
I think on this, the Holy Resurrection Day
And my heart fills with joy in knowing His ways
Anchoring my secured hope in Heaven's way
As I journey in life with dragons yet to slay
We who over the truth of our daily pain
Show the promises kept with eternity to gain
Coming back from the grave changes everything
Restoring the ever-present melody we must sing
Each year God gathers us around to hear
That He loves us and keep us in good cheer
He calls us each from death to life
Bringing us more peace, relieving us from strife
We enter into this newness through immersion
Experienced after undergoing our conversion
A conscience choice made emerged in water
To become family joined together under the Father
We are delivered in love and not deceived
By our redemption that we have received
As Christ was raised on the third day
It is in accordance with this good news we say
Every day is an opportunity for reconciliation
Restoring us from the Fall to renew in creation
Each of us are given our much needed redemption
This four part play returns us to restoration
From Genesis Three onward is a tale of redemption
And the folly of man yielding to temptation
This is completed in the blood sacrifice of redemption
As the spotless lamb laid down his life for our restoration
Walking from the tomb into that third day sunrise
The truth we need to know unfolded before our eyes
The death of death has come in the payment made
In these patient promises of God that will not fade
Resurrection power comes into our lives this way
It is up to us to live obediently each passing day
Faith in this is to be most highly praised
The empty tomb is proof that Christ was raised
The point of this all is not so much the cross
For this was temporal and not a true loss
Our heart and eyes should be focused on resurrection
And then, of course, on Jesus's heavenly ascension
The disciples became martyrs for this holy story
Boldly holding to the blessed resurrection's glory
The world in its witness turned the world upside down
As these belonging to Christ shared a message most profound
First fruits in harvest are given in humble gratitude
As Jesus walked His walk teaching us a new attitude
All enemies have been set under heel in subjugation
This is a message given to us in utmost circumspection
In this age, knowledge of God will cover us all
It then must be that as the faithful will recall
Every knee will bow and the every tongue confess
That Jesus is Lord in this most sacred of contests
We know this story ends shining as if in the light
By promises made in the darkness of the world's night
All is finished and the fullness of debt is done
Paid in the full by God's sacrifice in His Son
This then is the truth and we must get it
And once its got, we must never forget it
The eyes of our hearts have been given this sight
By God's power to walk in this light
This precious message is one of final victory
And is the total sum of our perfected theology
The most significant yes given in affirmation
Is the bond between God and man in its confirmation
Let us then be steadfast in our ministry
Revealing this renewal without any mystery
It is our role to be like candles burning in the night
Filling the world's darkness with our holy light
(c) April 17, 2022 Michael Doyle
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“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.” – George Washington
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” – (John 1:14)
Seder For This Human's Grace
by Michael Doyle
In fulfillment of the command that God Gave
We honor the Lamb who came with intent to save
In humble response to our redemption from sin
On this 15th day of Spring's coming once again
On this altar of courage bringing deliverance
In this sacred story of a chosen people's obedience
Gathering the dearest and the lonely within and without
Bringing our hunger from fasting; removing our doubt
Marking room for even the very quietest of places
Knowing of the last supper and all that it embraces
Sipping the Kiddush blessing from first cup of wine
We wash our hands in preparation of the divine
Yearning for justice and for the sweetness of freedom
In righteous expression for the redemption of God's kingdom
Christ was sacrificed on Passover to save us all
Its in His remembrance that we do this and humbly recall
But even as we recall this past, let's think on Ukraine
And how our hearts ache, hoping their lives are not in vain
An evil tyrant's actions are taken with selfish intention
That a Human Declaration of Rights cannot give protection
Wailing at the Wall for the sake of all of mankind
That they might see and stop being busy or too blind
In a recital of four questions, we pause on why
These fifteen steps ascend across a bridge of sighs
Why is this night different than all other nights
The paschal sacrifice is an atonement to make life right
These things that we do in collective sacred memory
Of how God's chosen people rose from their slavery
In the Messiah's sacrifice, we all find passage to be free
Restored as it were from sin to our fullest dignity
The best answers are always found in questions asked
These serve as reminders of the laws of which we are tasked
To honor God by fullness of body, soul and our minds
Loving one another and never forgetting bondage left behind
In the next year, may we know Jerusalem's celebration
When humanity lives up to and honors our sanctification
(c) April 17, 2022 Michael Doyle
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