Every choice that we make Could be the wrong one Make it anyhow! The best shot we take Could miss the target Take it anyhow!
Wrong or right If you couldn't live with you If you didn't do as you might Do what you need to do In this way, you'll always be true
We can never truly know If it's been well thought out Or if it's for show But what we can do Is take our dice and roll
Unconcerned as to if it's good enough But staring life in the eyes Rolling up our sleeves and calling its bluff That then is surely the right move In finding our life's best groove
We can never truly know If the end is the one we've sought out Or if it can ever be known But what it is that we can do Is to take our dice and roll
(c) April 11, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.” – Leo Rosten
From Hosanna to Crucifixion (Palm Sunday 2022) by Michael Doyle
I
Passages in sermons find seed in our life Speaking to us to create peace and take our strife Stilled hearts help us reach the truth to see Praying that we might commit to this way of mercy
The Bible is filled with lessons told in story One of these is that of Easter and its glory In all of Jesus's suffering to reach resurrection Each pain inflicted preaches from its infliction
It's ways to see this as an incident of circumstance But there is nothing to this that was left to chance All of this is revealed as it is with love annually told As a matter of events that were waiting and had to unfold
Hosanna calls out as the coming of the Lord in His light With its full blessings that fill our lives with right The Book of Mark separates this into a tale of three Becoming with Jesus's acknowledged triumphant entry
Leafy branches of palms were with honor set quietly down To prepare the path set upon the dirty, dusty ground This is the respect that was given the Lord's royalty Given in that reception that has lived on as legendary
As this holy week proceeded in it unfolding depiction Sunday's Hosanna became Friday's cries for crucifixion The lordship of Christ is told to all from far and wide As these stars of destiny came together to forcefully collide
Stories told of the authority that indwells As sight is returned to the blindman made whole and well The faith of a believer is all that it takes The lesson is easy if your belief does not shake
Trekked on a road filled with humbled anticipation The approach to Jerusalem is filled with expectation Especially during Passover in its sacred observation Ascending as sacrifice offered to the Jewish nation
Lessons in discipleship are found here for me and you As these followers of Christ did as they were told to do This is a meticulous witness to the Lord's sovereignty Each step of this path was taken in humble dignity
Doing as told at Jesus's simple and quiet command Though the disciples were told that his betrayal was at hand The talk of His death made them amazed and afraid As Jesus revealed the plans that the Father had made
II
What then is the madness of giving one's all This story of Jesus is all you need to recall Leading the way to His own crucifixion Should give us some significant indication
Dying on the cross for the sins of even the Pharisees Bringing healing by His life's ransom as theology Laying down His life by accord for you and me Done by and because of His love and with dignity
While our own professions outweigh our conviction Falling short of our accountability in full prediction Of the need for our repentance as it is given And maybe a bit puzzled as to why we are forgiven
Messes made of life in this holy come-as-you-are The only conviction needed is following Bethlehem's star Jesus met and meets each of us as we are found With a love that is giving and deeply profound
Saving us from the bigger problem of that alienation From God the Father, as Messiah to all of creation The same white horse rider of final revelation He greets each of us in our faithless presentation
Declaring each of us righteous as is understood Stained with imputation and curing our bad into good We children of God are clothed in His godly love Declared sanctified through the lens of Heaven above
The rules of the mansion are suitable for this family Despite our errors, we push forward in sacred homily Motivated as the sons and the daughters of God above Bathed in the righteousness of our Father's love
This favor is not earned but given in fullness of grace And with a patient smile upon God's faithful face This then is the justice tempered with undeserved mercy But paid for in full with the blood of Jesus in clemency
This day must not be allowed to pass us by Without the praises of Hosanna raised on high Today is the day for the unknowing to come to know And through our prayers of redemption, God's love to flow
(c) April 10, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“They took Palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting ‘Hosanna’. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the King of Israel.” – John 12:13
“If justas we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us.” – William Barclay
It's really kind of funny About this social media scene It really kind of bugs me How all these geniuses want to vent their spleen
Weren't these guys the same ones Who sat in back, claiming they were street smart Admiring oil slicks and cheerleader's buns And whose best bets were either music or art?
But not it seems they've got something to say About just about everything under the sun It's amazing how their expertise changes in a thousand ways And how their self-confidence endlessly runs
Maybe sometimes it is best to keep in mind We're born with two ears and one mouth And that facts change, while we're always blind If we only listen to fools, things are bound to go south
Certainly, there is a lot to be seen and heard Or learned about from a thousand sources But it is as though to these Einsteins it hasn't occurred That we watched them flunk in even the most basic courses
(c) April 9, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Life is full of imprecisions Too many mistakes And too many bad decisions
Romances gone wrong Never knowing where one belongs Just another round of heartbreak songs
Staying up late to catch a break Some things can't be fake While they break our hearts Sure as we are, but we're rarely right Falling in love at first sight Only to find ourselves in another false start
Full moon fever burns real hot Just as hot as the dreams we've forgot Wondering how it slipped through our hands
Pardon me senorita if I ask for this dance Huntington Beach girl, my one sure chance As I watch you walking across these sands
Staying up late to catch a break Some things can't be fake While they break our hearts Sure as we are, but we're rarely right Falling in love at first sight Only to find ourselves in another false start
I love how your eyes sparkle at night Watching the fire pit embers burn slow and right As we lose ourselves in another kiss
A dream of how it is, holding you tight Never gonna let you out of my sight I take my best swing, praying that I won't miss
Staying up late to catch a break Some things can't be fake While they break our hearts Sure as we are, but we're rarely right Falling in love at first sight Only to find ourselves in another false start
You know that I've never really been clever But I'm smart enough to want you forever A touch of your hand fills me up inside
I only need this one dream to come true It's the only dream starring view of me and you I feel it every night as we make love
Staying up late to catch a break Some things can't be fake While they break our hearts Sure as we are, but we're rarely right Falling in love at first sight Only to find ourselves in another false start
No, no, there's no need to take it slow Some times it's certain, and we already know If I can keep you, I'll never let you go
Pretty ballerina dancing on your California sands I watch your magic as this guitar plays in my hands If you let me, I'll keep you and never let you go
(c) April 8, 2022 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
