“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
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First Principles: He Said To Me, “My Grace Is Sufficient For You, For My Power Is Made Perfect In Weakness
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West Coyote Hills
West Coyote Hills
by Michael Doyle
I spent some time in Fullerton, hanging around.
It's there that West Coyote Hills can be found.
We wondered bits and pieces during the day,
And playing guitar at the Brea dam along the way.
The advantage of staying simple enough not to complain
Is that people will teach you how to avoid life's pain.
One night, the boys went to a haunted lodge to play.
No one knew we'd get tripped up along the way.
There's a lot of wisdom that is shared among the young,
If you listen really closely to the secret of the tongue.
There were secret passwords allowing each of our entry.
It's spoken somewhere between freedom and true liberty.
It was somewhere in the stumbling passage of rebirth
That I fell into the cracked heart of Mother Earth.
The derricks pumped oil weeping from shale stone,
It was from this blood that mankind needed to atone.
There was a lot of life for a strip of barren land.
On it, the oil men learned who was really in command.
Oil gushers had stained the characters of sacrifice,
To the point that the best explanation would not suffice.
In healing the tainted familial bonds lost to ambition,
This is a natural consequence of greed's naked aggression.
Games of power and domination assert our flawed supremacy,
But ultimately, all such assertions fail in their futility.
Between the contests of religion and crass materialism
Is the need of mankind to find the path of true spiritualism.
Shards of death hide behind the virgin's sacred veil,
Ready to drag the bravest of us down to the depths of Hell.
(c) July 19, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Deep Sea Is the Largest Museum On Earth, It Contains More History Than All the Museums On Land Combined, and Yet We’re Only No Penetrating It
“The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we’re only now penetrating it.” – Robert Ballard
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First Principles: It Would Be Better For Them To Have A Large Millstone Hung Around Their Neck and To Be Drowned In the Depths of the Sea Than To Cause One of These Little Ones To Stumble
“It would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble” – Matthew 18:6
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Over the Ending of Years
Over the Ending of Years
by Michael Doyle
Sometimes as we travel over the lighter years
We find ourselves confronted by our dark fears.
Things come along that change our souls
And agonize at how much we are out of control.
It'd be something if we could defeat our deaths
For certain, we will fight it to our last breath.
It's worse if we see its approach as it's coming,
It's a sobering thought and often a bit too numbing.
We think such thoughts, and it becomes a philosophy
About the good and bad of whom we should strive to be.
We can only hope that we will find a way to live until,
We create a legacy that will live forever if it will.
It burns inside us as it gains the release needed,
As if the warning that we wish we had heeded.
Looking for something to might help us to defend
Against the grim reaper, who definitely isn't our friend.
Death, you see, is only a part of life that comes next.
It's the tricky part that scares us but actively connects.
This life is a metamorphosis as we wait for what we'll see.
The best we can do is to accept it with patient dignity.
When the elephants fight, it is felt among the leaves of grass,
But we know that whatever comes, this too shall pass.
We all know it is not the length but depth of life that matters.
It is only the foolhardy who grasp at the fallen tatters.
As if they could stop what is coming in the future of us all.
Perhaps, we all should take a moment to quietly recall.
It is from Heaven and for Heaven that we have served our purpose,
If we have lived out well in our Lord's holy service.
(c) July 18, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Circulation of Confidence Is Better Than the Circulation of Money
“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison
(See, Judicial Powers of the National Government, [20 June] 1788)
Thought For the Day: For To Be Free Is Not Merely To Cast Off One’s Chains, But To Live In A Way That Respects and Enhances the Freedom of Others
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” – Nelson Mandela
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My Soul Laid Bare
My Soul Laid Bare
by Michael Doyle
I awoke with my soul laid bare,
And knowing how much God cares.
Looking up at the source of all,
I found it easy to recall
That the Lord is always present.
In all of my known intent,
My eyes are focused on His story,
Feeling the power of His glory.
I begin every battle in life on my knees,
Knowing who and why I serve as I please.
My faith focuses my trust,
As I turn to the Lord, as I continually must.
Every question is answered by His power,
Rescued from all dilemmas of this hour.
Our words fall short in our replies,
As we see it all unfold before our eyes.
a hallelujah falls from my broken heart,
Somehow stronger than at the start.
As I praise the holiness I've come to know,
I feel it deeper than my steady roll.
I shout to our kingdom's Heaven with my praise,
Feeling it deeper than the length of my days.
In the roar of the universe's abiding silence,
The love of the Lord overcomes this world's violence.
And I find myself singing into the quietude,
Putting on the faith of known gratitude.
At the heart of my worship is the solace of love.
My hands are outstretched to my King above.
(c) July 17, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: When It Comes To Human Dignity, We Cannot Make compromises
“When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.” – Angela Merkel
First Principles: The True Foundation of Republican Government Is the Equal Right of Every Citizen In His Person and Property and In their Management
“The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” – Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:36
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 