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Thought For the Day: What I Like In A Good Author Isn’t What He Says, But What He Whispers
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Resolution Brings Harmony
Resolution Brings Harmony
by Michael Doyle
Taking a look at the beatitudes
Taking each moment given in gratitude
God blesses the peacemakers as God's family
Not avoiding or appearing overly sweetly
Peace at any given price is not peace
Nor is it conflict's sweet release
It is isn't in the least codependency
But it is demanded from God's family
In the world and in our personal lives
There is a need to put away resentment and knives
Unresolved conflict drags on forever
It is not godly; nor is it very clever
In keeping conflict, it harms by its intention
If we're wrong with others, it is an ungodly direction
To claim to love God while hating is to block prayer
It's just what it is layering caught in snare
Horizontal and vertical, intersecting in connection
Being out of harmony can only bring God's disconnection
When we plant seeds, it brings to life harmony
This is to be the way of God's extended family
What we reap is clearly what we will sow
Only more so, as both love and hate grow
Certain steps walk us through the walk through
In a peace plan meant for me and for you
Make the first move without waiting
There is a need for the move without hesitating
No offering at the temple without peace
Shall be acceptable without forgiving the dis-ease
Working things out must be resolved immediately
We must face it if we seek after that something
That we truly want and earnestly need
Not avoiding the talk out of failings the bleed
It is in the unheeding moments of vulnerability
That we gather together in our greatest capability
To find our way through the heart of any conflict
And past the wounds that we often self-inflict
Defensiveness only builds the walls of distance
In the insecurity that breaks down circumstances
Holding back the openness of our souls' keep
That avoids the real level of connecting deep
Take courage renewed in the Holy Spirit's love
By keeping to the ways of God who abides above
We'll never change until perfect love casts out fear
Power, love and self-discipline help us to persevere
Seeking after God's wisdom where ours surely fails
The given wisdom will surely be what best prevails
Not knowing what to say or really what we should do
We will in the right timing ask God what we must do
Left in prayer to find the start of this new harmony
Joined together in courage as each is the other's family
We ask that God guide our right way to find the real
With kindness, compassion, and love that seeds the deal
(c) October 17, 2021 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: They That Can Give Up Essential Liberty To Purchase A Little Temporary Safety, Deserve Neither Liberty Nor Safety
“They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin (1759)
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Thought For the Day: Power Is the Ability To Achieve A Purpose…Whether It is Good or Bad Depends On the Purpose
“Power is the ability to achieve a purpose … whether it is good or bad depends on the purpose.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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First Principles: It Is the Duty, As Well As the Privilege and Interest of Our Christian Nation, To Select and Prefer Christians For Their Rulers
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers … and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay, first chief justice of the Supreme Court
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Thought For the Day: Every Saint Has A Past and Every Sinner A Future
“Every saint has a past and every sinner a future.” – Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900″”)
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Dangers Lurk In the Seams
Dangers Lurk In the Seams
by Michael Doyle
In the hidden crevices of your dreams
There are dangers lurking in the seams
Three, four, better lock up that door
The boogie man is coming back for more
Five, six, he has a bag of tricks
Where evil lurks and Satan gets his kicks
Razor sharp he creeps along
Noises ring in the night but do not belong
An innocent hand holds a crucifix
And it's back to five and six
Cutting through the nightmare's edge
While fear pushes ever toward the ledge
A half whisper calls out in the night
There's no escaping shadows come to light
Wake up before it's too late
You know there is escape from this fate
Blood, blood, everywhere
All one can do is stop, shriek and stare
There's a nightmare on the suburban street
When fear finds crazy in the who we meet
Bodies sprawled in backyard mud
Two names scrawled and engraved in blood
Be careful of dreams that come to you
Some of these should never come true
Run, run, run away in terror filled fear
Freddy Kruger is patiently drawing near
It's just a dream, he isn't real
But when he cuts deep, what do you feel?
It's easier to pretend life lost in confusion
Instead of a mental break into hallucination
Like a Balinese dream in which one is falling
Dreams skills require changing and recalling
A way to perhaps change the situation
When Kruger comes in full-on confrontation
Some evils do not remain dead
The worst of them live on in your head
Whatever you do...
Don't fall asleep...
(c) October 15, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The More Laws, the Less Justice
“The more laws, the less justice.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)
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First Principles: I Think All the World Would Gain By Setting Commerce At Perfect Liberty
“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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First Principles: With Man This Is Impossible, But With God All Things Are Possible
“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 (New International Version)
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