First Principles: It Was Never In My Heart To Slight Any Man, But Only That Man Should Be Kept In His Place and Not Sit In the Room of God

“It was never in my heart to slight any man, but only that man should be kept in his place and not sit in the room of God.” – Anne Hutchinson

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Thought For the Day: What Sunshine Is To Flowers, Smiles Are To Humanity…Scattered Along Life’s Pathway, the Good They Do Is Inconceivable

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” – Joseph Addison

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A Healthy Affordability

A Healthy Affordability
by Michael Doyle

The trick to this is durability,
If you're looking for real sustainability.
Common sense is the secret to an economy
In which everyone gains the needed ability...

For all of us to make a reasonable living,
And without that ability, there is no giving.
Neither the giving of taxes nor of charity.
It's hard enough to feed a farmer's family.

The reality of the green new scam
Was to seamlessly burst our give-a -damn.
It's hard to care in a world of uncertainty,
Chasing wrong policies only creates insecurity.

When the price of a country's fuel is down,
Everything else's price follows and is found
In the breathing room of necessary liquidity.
You can't govern without understanding the economy.

America First requires a lot of agility,
In following the needs throughout our country.
It all starts with fixing the price to the true cost.
This is a certainty that cannot be lost.

Keeping in mind that food security is national security,
The American farmer does their part quite sincerely.
It's hard to make the comeback needed urgently,
Without your government knowing how to run a good economy.

We have begun to bridge the gap in moving forward,
In improving agricultural policy ever toward.
Stalwart economic policy guides our renewed country
And continues to build the strength of our nation's prosperity.

Hands join across the nation, making America healthy again
As American farmers finally get their turn to win.
It's the golden age of our county's restored agriculture.
The health and wealth of our nation are in this country culture.

Locked in, we'll walk this dream together.
Building what it takes to make our country all the better.
We applaud in earnest as our president uses his capability.
We'll get a handle on this to obtain true affordability.

(c) December 8, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Do What You Do and Mean It Every Second of the Day. If You Don’t, You’re Living Someone Else’s Life

“Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don’t, you’re living someone else’s life.” – Corey Taylor

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First Principles: A True and Faithful Christian Does Not Make Holy Living an Accidental Thing…The Business of the Christian Is To Be Like Christ

“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.” – Jonathan Edwards

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To Become Better

To Become Better
by Michael Doyle

Pumping my brakes amidst the celebration,
It's time to focus on my destination.
The old year is held in quiet reflection
As we start the new year, amid this contemplation.

Steps are taken in our life's journey,
Bringing our fulfillment in our destiny.
We close the door on this year, 2025,
Happy as we are and thankful in how we thrive.

God's heavy lifting has seen us through,
Providing the path for all that we do.
Walking as one family and never as one alone.
We link together with all that our Father owns.

We lay our crowns summarily at God's feet,
Knowing that He has made our lives complete.
We surrender our lives for God's everything.
All serve our purposes for our holy King.

The Holy Lamb sits on His bejeweled throne.
We give our all to be His own.
All heave and earth join as one together
As we offer our lives to become better.

(c) December 7, 2025 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Do All the Good You Can, By All the Means You Can, In All the Ways You Can, In All the Places You Can…As Long As You Can

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” – John Wesley

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First Principles: Trust In the Lord With All Your Heart and Lean Not On Your Own Understanding; In All Your Ways Submit To Him, and He Will Make Paths Straight

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.”
– Proverbs  3:5-6 NIV

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Humble Triumph

Humble Triumph
by Michael Doyle

Praising the Lord with all my soul,
I give over all things out of my control.
Strumming guitar as I joyfully sing,
Grateful for all the Lord constantly brings.

We find ourselves born again,
Awakening to being freed from our sins.
Once divided, we find the gap filled
In the holiness of Christ's love recalled.


Born to the manger in splendid humility,
Bethlehem received Christ in His divinity.
In their blindness, some refuse the native son,
Though in His birth, the Father's will is done.

It is in Christ's birth that we find our happiness.
His birth gives us the way to life lived in bliss.
We let the spirit of Christmas guide our contemplation.
The twinkling stars herald our inspiration.

I hear the words of Biblical prophecy,
Clearly pointing to what is the living history.
He came to save us from our mortal sins.
That thought alone is enough to repeat again.

(c) December 6, 2025 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Children, I Beseech You To Correct Your Hearts and Thoughts, So That You May Be Pleasing To God

“Children, I beseech you to correct your hearts and thoughts, so that you may be pleasing to God. Consider that although we may reckon ourselves to be righteous and frequently succeed in deceiving men, we can conceal nothing from God. Let us therefore strive to preserve the holiness of our souls and to guard the purity of our bodies with all fervor. Ye are the temple of God, says the divine Apostle Paul; If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy.” – St. Nicholas of Myra

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