Tag Archives: Light

She Learns To Survive

She Learns To Surviveby Michael DoyleTo her, I’m her fatherAs I watch my daughterWalking alone in the nightShe’s always been my lightBut it wasn’t always this wayShe’s haunted by the dayThese moments hidden insideBehind her fragile prideHe took her innocenceI’ve … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Stars Are Holes In the Sky From Which the Light of the Infinite Shines

“Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.” – Confucius

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No Victim of My Circumstances

No Victim of My Circumstancesby Michael DoyleOn the mountains, in the sun raysIt’s your name that I praiseIn the green valley far belowIt is all your creation, and I knowSharing what I know of your graceThese are you living ways … Continue reading

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A Study On Faith

A Study On Faithby Michael DoyleListening in on a deep conversationI was maybe a little disturbed by my fascinationSpeaking on Paul’s missionIt’s interesting how grace and peace breed compassionHere as we sit and openly thinkPaul’s reasoning brings us to the … Continue reading

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So Begins Hope

So Begins Hopeby Michael DoyleSo begins hope for a golden ageWe stand as we turn our pageVowing in integrity to quench our thirstStep by step, we’ll make America firstAs exceptional as America’s past successTruth in challenges is sought in testsAs … Continue reading

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Facing Death Boldly

Facing Death Boldlyby Michael DoyleFacing death is one thingWatching the death of your menThat hurts more than anythingIt burns like the second mortal sinCold and hungry in the nightA target was seen in every lightYou never forget the death seenIt … Continue reading

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Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?

Wrath of God or Wrongness of Man?by Michael DoyleThere is no doubt that God is against sinIn His Bible, He records this again and againGod’s truth exchanged for man’s liesReveals why it is that man now diesWhen darkness is chosen, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness; Only Light Can Do That

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr., “Loving Your Enemies” at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama ( November 17, 1957)

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Thought For the Day: Faith Is the Strength By Which A Shattered World Shall Emerge Into the Light

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” – Helen Keller

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First Principles: May the Father of All Mercies Scatter Light, and Not Darkness, Upon Our Paths, and Make Us In All Our Several Vocations Useful Here, and…Happy

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.” – George Washington (1790)

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