Never let the impossible stop you If you live with faith, only victory will do Pushing always forward into the new There's another miracle waiting to come true
Restoration given in heavenly grace Fills the blissfulness in every trace Dry bones know in their rattling Slow in the shiver of gossips' prattling
Boldly stepping out in strong belief Transcending these things that bring grief Greater than the stories of sorrow Is the belief in renewed tomorrows
Lifting up God's holiest of names Walking away from sin removes the shame The shame of all failures in the healing This fight of joy fills us up in revealing
The need we have for a changed attitude Giving over to these moments of gratitude Overwhelmed as we are in the never ending This reckless love of God is worth defending
(c) September 6, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Do not be troubled by the struggle Or the times we falter and we bungle Difficulties have come and they will go Such is the path of life's ebb and flo
Unsettled fates make for troubled hearts The sense of courage too often departs As we live through a troubled century And too many give way to false prophecy
Stand with me against life's storms Waking calmness against the seeming norm From the heavens, stars will not fall Set there as signs of glory that we recall
Cosmic languages held in revelation As political leaders fail our nation Until the second coming somehow arrives Let it be that our faithfulness survives
Don't get lost in what ease of discouragement Times like these need our deep encouragement The coming toll of hours in their illustration Reckon hard against all of life's frustrations
(c) September 5, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” – George Washington (1793)
There are things I think on That I wish not to be gone There are words I have said That might help others ahead
it’s these things I would save To extend these beyond the grave In hope they might might mean something Rather than adding up to nothing
There are smiles I might share Words of hope and words of care That might bring someone happiness Or at least keep them from emptiness
There are tears that I have cried Secrets yet that I feel need to confide Dreams that I have dared in aspiration That might yet lead to another’s inspiration
It is to this purpose that I choose to write Having stepped into it with all of my might That maybe yet there is something yet to say And it will find itself on paper, but not today
(c) September 4, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free.” – Clarence S. Darrow (1857-1938)
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.” – George Washington (1793)
“In the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.” – Nelson Antrim Crawford (1888-1963)
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
