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Blood On Our Hands
Halloween poem #2 – mankind has the worse monsters and is seldom as kind as we might be if only we could. Blood On Our Hands by Michael Romani Our brutalities serve to shape us Though we wish to deny … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Abyss, Asylum, Atrocity, Belief, Better, Blood, Brother, Brutality, Certain, Creature of the Night, Cure, Dawn, Deny, Dignity, Doctor, Fail, Fatal, Forget, Forgivver, God, Halloween, Hands, Heavy, Heoes, Humane, Humanity, Killers, Laugh, Live, Memory, Monster, Night, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Push, Remake, Right, River, Seen, Shadow, Shape, Sister, Sleep, Stir, Toll, Unafraid, Vanity, Watch
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Dignity of Being
On the dignity of being that says all has its place and there is no such thing as not being good enough. We are all either exactly what God intends us to be or finding our way to this. Dignity … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged All, Being, Bend, Bittersweet, Blend, Blessed, Break, Breath, Breathe, Burn, Circle, Composition, Cycle, Dance, Death, Decomposition, Demand, Dignity, Discern, Done, Each, Eternity, Exhaustion, Eye, Fireman, Floor, Flow, God, Grow, Infinity, Intention, Interconnection, Life, Living Things, Majesty, Miarcle, Mother Nature, New, Nitrogen, Old, One, Opportunity, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reform, Salmon, See, Sing, Stand, Strife, Tapestry, Transition, Upstream, Wildfire, Wire, Within, Wood, Woodland, Woven
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Rocky Road To Faith
Based in part on 1 John 1:9: Rocky Road To Faith by Michael Romani There are so many times we scoff in pride Looking at God’s will far from the outside Believing our own path and our will be done … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bend, Choice, Clatter, Consequence, Decision, Depend, Faith, Fall, Father, Forgive, God, God's Will, Grace, Holy, Ignorance, John, Journey, Live, Obey, Obstinance, Opinion, Our Will, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Principle, Road, Rock, Rocky, Satisfy, Scoff, Scripture, Self Importance, Shine, Son, Step By Step, Stubborn, Stumble, Sublime, Time, Told, Trouble, Trust, Unclear, Walk, Way
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First Principles: Our Concern Is Not Whether God Is On Our Side But Whether We Are On God’s Side; God Is Always Right
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln It seems appropriate that in continuing to illuminate the First Principles of our … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Concern, First Prniciples, God, Right, Side
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First Principles: God Governs In the Affairs of Men
“I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without … Continue reading
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Tagged Affairs, Aid, Benjamin Franklin, Empire, First Principles, God, Governs, Live, Notice, Proof, Rise, Sacred, Sparrow, Truth
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On Classical Liberalism
Classical liberalism without its foundation resting on God’s law is devoid of form, function and suitability in the governance of mankind. On Classical Liberalism by Michael Romani Looking back over the course of history It seems to be no great … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acrimony, Advocate, American Experiment, Arrive, Believe, Boundary, Bring, Built, Christiaity, Civic Good, Civilization, Claim, Classical Liberalism, Conform, Constitution, Course, Decadence, Demagoguery, Diversity, Fact, Fee, Foundation, Freedom, Full Democracy, God, Governance, Government, Great, History, Impudence, Incline, Inclusion, Legitimate, Liberty, Licentiousness, Mankind, Moon, Moral, Mystery, Natural Law, Outward, People, Photograph, Pluralism, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Reform, Refuse, Reject, Religious, Respect, Revival, Rock, Ruin, Ruins, Secularism, See, Shatter, Society, Soul, Stay, Steeple, Tatters, Testimony, Throw, Throw Away, Time, Unfit, Virtue, Voice
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Lessons From Thomas
Based in part on John 20: 24-31: Lessons From Thomas by Michael Romani Oh my God, I have so much doubt Always wondering what it’s about Expectations so seldom feeling met Too many turns that I sadly regret Sometimes, I … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Believe, Book of John, Care, Conceive, Dare, Demand, Discern, Doubt, Doubting Thomas, Expectation, Eyes, Faith, Faithless, Fear, Feeling, God, Grow, Integrity, Know, Learn, Met, Need, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Point, Proof, Regret, Right, Serve, Shadow, Sight, Teach, Turn, Wonder
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In Memory of 9/11
We must never forget what extremists brought on this day We must always linger on the troubles that come humanity’s way We must also never forget that we are all the children of God And that God would have us … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged 9/11, Ache, Acts, Afraid, America, Ashes, Beacon, Betteer, Blind, Brave, Brazen, Break, Breathe, Cherish, Children, City on the Hill, Come Together, Day, Dreams, Example, Extremists, Fight, Forget, Founders, Freedom, Future, God, God's Will, Hands, Heart, Help, Humanity, Kindness, Liberty, Love, Loving, Madmen, Memory, Nature, Need, New, New Life, Nurture, Patriot, Peace, Remember, Seek, Shine, Strifee, Thought For the Day, Tolerate, Trouble, Words
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First Principles: The Liberties of Our Nation Are Secured By the Conviction These Are the Gift of God
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Basis, Conviction, Country, First Principles, Gift, God, Just, Justice, Liberties, Nation, Secure, Sleep, Thomas Jefferson, Tremble, Violate, Wrath
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Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy
Based in part on the Book of Lamentations and partly on life at times. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Michael Romani Dark clouds lead to deep mercy Pulling at our faith like heresy Lamentations open doors of grace Tear filled … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Calvary, Cloud, Core, Dark, Deep, Door, Faith, Father, Forgive, God, Grace, Grateful, Grief, Heresy, Implore, Indignity, Journey, Joy, Knee, Lamentations, Live, Love, Mercy, Minor Key, Pattern, Photograph, Pierce, Poem, Poetry, Question, Sad, Savior, Shown, Sorrow, Soul, Tear, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Way
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