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The Painful Reality of Perfectionism
The Painful Reality of Perfectionismby Michael DoyleThere is a need to face eventuallyWhether painful or not, the realityThat however much we have optimismThere is no such thing as perfectionismAt least so much as actually be perfectThere is only really the … Continue reading
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Tagged Accept, Analysis, Attitude, Bearable, Best Ways, Burdens, Capable, Correct, Crack, Creation, Crush Your Soul, Daughters, Days, Destroy, Door, Embrace, Encouragement, Error, Eventually, Father, Fear, Foolish, Honest Face, Humility, Illuminate, Imperfection, Incapable, Light Gets In, Need, Nothing, Optimism, Pain, Paralysis, Perfect, Perfectionism, Poetry and Poems, Practiced Failure, Pretend, Push, Reality, Restrain, Self-Correction, self-improvement, Self-Solitude, Share, Sing, Something, Song of Life, Time Enough, Trace, Truth, Truth of Life, Unachievable, Uncertainty, Urgency, Well Being, World
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How, Then, Should I Live?
How Then Should I Live?by Michael DoyleI look around this world with troubles to seeAnd I wonder to myself how then should I be?There are troubles all around – enough to seeThe need is here everywhere for another way to … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Adere, Answers, Beatitudes, Believing, Better Citizens, Bible, Blind, Christian Theology, Christianity, Clear View, Comfortable, Confusion, Correct, Direction, Disbelieving, Everywhere, Forgive, God, God's Worship, Guidance, Head, Heart, Heartache, Hesitation, Hid, Home, Human Beings, Humility, Illusion, Jesus, Kingdom, Leaders, Leadership, Lean-In, Lessons, Live, Meaning, Meekness, Mercy, Miracles of Life, Misdeeds, Mistakes, Mourn, Obedience, Others First, Ourselves Less, Path, Patience, Philosophy, Place, Poetry and Poems, Poor In Spirit, Pride, Profusion, Quench, Questions, Recognition, Relationship, Religions, Repentance, Righteousness, Satisfied, See, Seek, Sermon on the Mount, Sight, Sin, Sinful Nature, Steps, Strength, Submit, Thrist, Troubles, Unjust World, Ways of Man, Weakness, Wonder, World
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Air Quoted Balance
Air Quoted Balanceby Michael DoyleWith our focus on our decisionsWe learn from our imprecisionsOften growing despite what we decideThat the Lord Himself will guideThe gift of each and every new dayShows us about what we’ll prayIn our attempts at articulationHowever … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Quoted, Articulation, Attempt, Balance, Bible, Christianity, Decision, Destination, Divinity, Eyes, Faith, Focus, Gift, God, Guide, Humility, Imprecision, Jesus, Kicked Dirt, New Day, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Situation, The Lord, Walk
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Nature and Dignity Earned
Nature and Dignity Earnedby Michael DoyleThere’s a quiet in natureThat you won’t find in the cityIt helps you to think and matureLearning what is and isn’t prettyThis is especially true of the soulAs you learn the value of self-controlBeing where … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Born To Be, Chance, Circumstance, City, Critical Moments, Danger, Decide, Deserve, Dignity Earned, Discern, Experience, Eyes, Face-To-Face, Felt, Give, Grace, Heart, Humility, Imprint, Known, Learn, Live, Lives, Master Ourselves, Mature, Meant, Nature, Observe, Outcome, Paths, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pretty, Quiet, See, Self-Control, Shown, Soul, Stars, Start, Step, Teach, Think, Traces, True, Value, Wish
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In Us and Through Us
In Us and Through Usby Michael DoylePrayerful in all that truly mattersOur God prepares us for when peace shattersWe know that God has intentional plansAs the world unfolds and God stymies even as He canThere on the inspired pages of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Commitments, Community, Condition, Daily Bread, Daily Ways, Desolation, Disciple, Fail, Faith, False Leaders, Fate, Feed, God, Hate, Hesitation, Holy Bible, Humility, In Us, Inspired, Intentional Plans, Invitation, Jealous, Jesus, Learn, Masses, Matters, Omniscient, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prayerful, Presence, Prevail, Savior, Shatter, Step, Study, Through Us, Unfold, Wages of Sin, Walk, Working Together, World
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Living Principled
Living Principled by Michael DoyleGoing to the cross, we give everythingYet, in giving our all, we lose nothingWe hold to the truth in this dark hourBlazing the light of Jesus as our powerWe must step boldly as we share the … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Belief, Bible, Bold, Burn, Christianity, Cross, Embers, Faith, Fire, God, Gratitude, Haen, Humility, Jesus, Light, Living, Living Principles, New Life, Night, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Principled, Truth, Wings of Angels
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Against All Hope
Against All Hopeby Michael DoyleAll alone, by myselfI searched on the shelfFor the words to knowJust how I might growTo start over in this testTo come through with the restIn a crash of my identityI lived my life renewing sincerityThere … Continue reading
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Tagged Against, Alone, Attention, Burn, Come Through, Conspire, Corrupt, Crash, Crowd, Fake, Fire, Fools, Grow, Hope, Humanity, Humility, Identity, Know, Lie, Look Down, Lost, Madness, Mean, Meek, Mercy, Outcasts, Poetry and Poems, Pretension, Search, Self, Shelf, Sincerity, Test, Truth, Unaware, Vanity, Weakest Length, Weakness, Words
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In Plain View (Minding Business)
In Plain View (Minding Business)by Michael DoyleIn our efforts and in our spacesWe work hard to separate our tracesMinding our business in all we doThe relevance comes openly into viewThe Bible opens with God’s creationIn page after page of fascinationNothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Abilities, Adam and Eve, Agent of Change, Assignment, Beautiful, Bible, Blessing, Charity, Co-Create, Conceal, Credibility, Curse, Deeds, Deserve, Direction, Discouragement, Efforts, Encouragement, Expectation, Faith, Faithful, Fall, Generosity, God, God's Creation, God's Love, Godliness, Good Purposes, Growth, Honor, Humanity, Humility, Image, Integrity, Jesus, Legacy, Live, Living Days, Love, Maturity, Minding Business, Mission, Needs, Open view, Perfection, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Relevance, Representation, Serve, Services, Seventh Day, Sincerity, Spaces, Talent, Teach, The Bible, Thrive, Traces, Truly Alive, Witness, Wonderful, Work Hard
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Thought For the Day: It Was Pride That Changed Angels Into Devils; It is Humility That Makes Men As Angels
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” – Saint Augustine
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Tagged Angels, Change, Devil, Humility, Mankind, Men, Pride, Saint Augustine, Thought For the Day
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A Servant’s Heart
A Servant’s Heartby Michael DoyleJesus came to walk with us in humilityDoing this, He put on the ways of humanityMaking habit of our most common waysTo speak to us, being present in our daysHis ways are the best for keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Behalf, Belief, Blessings, Close, Comission, Common Ways, Condescion, Confess, Contemplation, Content, Daily, Daily Presence, Days, Death, Divinity, Embrace, Essence, Every Tongue, Fear and Insesurity, Fingers, God, Habit, Harmony, Humanity, Humility, Ignore, Increase, Intention, Jesus, Line, Manger, Miracles, Observe, Poetry and Poems, Prayers Unceasing, Pushing Back, Realize, Rearrange, Redemption, Relationship, Resurrection, Sand, Savior, Servant's Heart, Soul Shine, Speak, Spiritual, Stoop, Submission, Superior Position, Unity, Universe, Vital Connection, Worship
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