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First Principles: It Is When the People Forget God That Tyrants Forge Their Chains
“Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Men, Chains, First Principles, Forge, Forget, God, Good Citizens, People, Tyrants
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Uncured Affliction
Mona Lisa smiled, but, why? Uncured Affliction by Michael Romani One voice whispers in the darkness Different than others given to harshness Times remembered; meeting eye to eye With the kind of truth, you cannot deny Doctor won’t you cure … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Affliction, Change, Cliche, Courage, Create, Cure, Dissonance, Dream, Drunken Sailor, Equal, Eye to Eye, False, Feather Touch, God, Good Fortune, Grace Note, Harsh, Hidden, Illosry, Keys, Legal, Madness, Malady, Mankind, Mask, Melody, Mona Lisa, Objective, Pattern, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Pursue, Question, Secret, Shame, Singular, Smile, Third, Trap, Truth, Voice, Whisper
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First Principles: Like A City On A Hill, the Eyes of All People Are On America
“For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so … Continue reading
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Tagged All People, Byword, City On A Hill, Deal Falsely, Eyes, First Principles, God, Him, John Winthrop, Story, Us, We, Withdraw, Work, World
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All In All Contribution
Seen from space all of this is one shared place of revolving interconnection. I bet it’s like that in God’s eyes as well. All In All Contribution by Michael Romani An ice face collapses into sea With a familiar popping … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged All, Andes, Atmosphere, Balance, Bloom, Blue Line, Blue Sky, Connection, Contribution, Cycle of Life, Delicate, Desert, Flame, Gloom, God, Gravity, Hypoxia, Ice Face, Link, Marine Snow, Melody, Ocean, Oxygen, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Recognize, Sea, Sky Rim, Solution, Song, Space, Spark, Stable, String, Sunshine, Think, Tightrope
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What Is the Enough?
Of some things, we can never have enough. What Is the Enough? by Michael Romani Of nature, art and poetry All of these things dear to me There is never enough to be enough Nothing in the world can ever … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Art, Beauty, Behind, Being, Best Mark, Bluff, Canopy, Circumstance, Comfort, Enough, Find, Flower, God, Grown, Heavens, Hour, Human Being, Lonely, Meaning, Nature, Peace of Mind, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Remedy, See, Shown, Sin, Solace, Tear, Time, Unhappy, Weep, Wilderness
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Humbled To the Stumble
The thing about prayers is that while God answers them all, it is not always with a “yes”. Sometimes it’s wait. Sometimes it’s an outright no. At all times, we need to trust that the answer that works for God’s … Continue reading
Seeking Wisdom
Sometimes it seems hard to find wisdom in these times we live in. Seeking Wisdom by Michael Romani In this day of the endless age We find our best truth isn’t from the sages But, as we still seek out … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century, Age, Change, Culture, God, History, Kingdom, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Seek, Strange, Test, Truth, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Self Is Too Often the God of This Modern Age
“Self is now god in America, and modern man will embrace whatever delusion he must in its worship.” – Peter Heck
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Tagged America, Delusion, God, Modern Man, Peter Heck, Self, The World, Thought For the Day, Worship
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