Tag Archives: Adversity

Minding the Gap

Minding the Gapby Michael DoyleAn angel looked at our pretense at good.Or the lack thereof, as it’s understood.Finding God where I call my earthly home,In His presence, I find I’m never alone.Blessings of good news are heard,No matter what’s happened … Continue reading

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Dire Consequences

Dire Consequencesby Michael DoyleBack breeding and use of DNA sequenceWithout thinking of possible consequencesSeems so easily at our potential expenseThat I struggle to make it make any senseYes, what we have lost was wonderfulAlmost all of it has been something … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity, But If You Want To Test A Man’s Character, Give Him Power

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865) (In Remembrance of Lincoln’s Birthday!)

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A Call For the Nation’s Unity

A Call For the Nation’s Unityby Michael DoyleFor God’s good satisfactionPrayers must be followed by the right actionsThis is true in our way of governmentEspecially if we are seeking after our improvementWe know we care for our familyWe must, therefore, … Continue reading

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Seasons Lived

Seasons Livedby Michael DoyleLife comes and goesDefined in seasonsIt has its reasonsAs our life sowsThat which we reapComes with joy that we’ll keepKeeping goodness as our laneHoping all the others try to do the sameStepping forward into the greatnessWe know … Continue reading

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First Principles: Be Courteous To All, But Intimate With Few, and Let Those Few Be Well Tried Before You Give Them Your Confidence

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence — true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before … Continue reading

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Orphan Bachelors

Orphan Bachelorsby Michael DoyleSelf-expression has become democratizedIn an era where everyone is traumatizedThe Asian experience is best understoodBy taking in the feelings, both bad and goodHowever minor these seem in their unfoldingThere’s nothing said that requires scoldingIt needs a historical … Continue reading

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Lives Lived With Gratitude

Lives Lived With Gratitudeby Michael DoyleTwo words received along the journeyTen men found their way to destinySamaritans and Jews knew their enmityExcept where leprosy was the common enemyStruck with this sort of a diseaseAs they slowly died, putting others ill … Continue reading

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Justified By God

Romans 5:1-8 Justified By Godby Michael Doyle We pray to God to continue to learnAll these things we must do to discernAll these things of greatness we observeBlessed in each moment that we serve Justified by God we find our … Continue reading

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First Principles: Be Courteous To All, But Intimate With Few and Let Those Few Be Well Tried Before You Give Them Your Confidence

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks and adversity before it … Continue reading

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