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Tag Archives: Children
First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not … Continue reading
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Tagged Arms, Children, Clothed, Clouds of War, Cold, Cross of Iron, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Fed, First Principles, Genius, Hope, Humanity, Hunger, Money, Sweat, Theft, Way of Life
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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. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Bodies, Children, Correct, First Principles, Hearts, Holiness, Pleasing To God, Purity, Rghteous, Souls, St. Nicolas of Myra, Temple of God, Thoughts
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A Reverence For Hurts Felt
A Reverence For Hurts Feltby Michael DoyleIt’s never easy on the children. Is it?Perfection is not really a standard. Is it?There is so much to be worked out,Between the fears, the tears, and the doubts.It’s too bad about the power … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Children, Daughter, Difference, Done, Doubt, Earnest, Failure, Faith, Family, Father, Fear, Felt, Forgiving, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Lord, Love, Measure, Omission, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Power of Animosity, Pray, Rage, Reverence, Son, Starndard, Tears, Thanksgiving, Treasure, Understood, Worked Out, Writing, Wrongs
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Look At What The Shrewd Have Done
Look At What the Shrewd Have Doneby Michael DoyleOh, look with sadness on what the shrewd have done.Didn’t Jesus warn all to never hurt even a single one?Say the words of innocence that we’ve come to despise.Those on Epstein’s Island … Continue reading
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Tagged Atone, Bible, Children, Christianity, Despise, Done, Epstein's Island, Faith, God, Hurt, Innocence, Jesus, Lies, Look, Poetry and Poems, Precious Gifts, Sadness, Sin, Single One, Triggered Memories, World
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Thought For the Day: If You Want Children To Keep Their Feet On the Ground, Put Some Responsibility On Their Shoulders
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” – Abigail Van Buren
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Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Children, Feet, Ground, Responsibility, Shoulders, Thought For the Day
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Well Met In the Night
Well Met In the Nightby Michael DoyleWe meet in the night, hiding in the masqueradePretending, as we do, in our game of charade,That while we pretend to have no hint of fearThere’s security that gains us gathered here. Social wallflowers … Continue reading
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Tagged Borrowed Shoes, Charade, Children, Coal, Dance, Diamond, Eyes, Fear, Fiction, Giants, Gravity, High-Class, Legal Friction, Levity, Love, Masquerade, Night, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Pretend, Security, Social Wallflowers, Well Met
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First Principles: Fathers, Do Not Exasperate Your Children; Instead, Bring Them Up In the Training and Instruction of the Lord
“Fathers,[do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” – Ephesians 6:4
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Tagged Bring Them Up, Children, Ephesians 6:4, Exasperate, Fathers, First Principles, Instruction, The Lord, Train
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Thought For the Day: The Best Inheritance A Parent Can Give His Children Is A Few Minutes of His Time Each Day
“The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.” – Orlando Aloysius Battista
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Tagged Best Inheritance, Children, Each Day, Minutes, Orlando Aloysius Battista, Parent, Thought For the Day, Time
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