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First Principles: May God Scatter Light, Not Darkness, On Our Paths
“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) … Continue reading
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Tagged Darkness, Father, First Principles, George Washington, God, God's Timing, Happy, Invocation, Light, Mercy, Paths, Patience, Useful, Vocations
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Knowing God’s Good Favor
Based in part on Isaiah 6:5: Knowing God’s Good Favor by Michael Romani We lay down our burdens, coming as we are Keeping our focus on Heaven as our North Star Keeping in the truth of words we’ve spoken He … Continue reading
On The Importance of Love
Heard a wonderful sermon today based on: 1 Corinthians 13 New International Version (NIV) 13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, Assurance, Butterfly, Carry, Deliver, Discern, Eternal, Faith, Father, Forgiveness, Fundamental, God, Heart, Hope, Infernal, Love, Mercy, Mind, Pandora Box, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Possible, Praise, Probable, Son, Truth, Victory
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Lasting Changes
Based in part on Hebrews 12:1: Lasting Changes by Michael Romani Lasting change can be elusive Burdens are felt so intrusive It seems that in our gut We get stuck in a rut It’s a fatalistic mentality That feeds our mortality … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Burden, Change, Christ, Drive, Effort, Elusive, Faith, Fake It, Fatalistic, Foward, Hebrews, Key, Living Testimony, Make It, Mankind, Mercy, Mortality, Persistance, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pressing On, Push, Relief, Resistance, Responsibility, Rut, Servant, Unworthy, Victory
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Ghost Towns of Russia
600 million miles of history, quite a lot of it tragically beautiful: Ghost Towns of Russia by Michael Romani The provocative label of ghost town Once chased around Tells the story of another dead town Across 600 million Russian miles … Continue reading
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Tagged Artic, Audible Silence, Citizens, Collapse, Ghost Town, Gone, History, Horizon, Memories, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polar Nights, Question, Reason, Red Army, Russia, Soviet Union, Strategy
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Diamond Absolutes Betrayed
Sometimes we find ourselves in circumstances in which our most cherished ideals have been betrayed and our world seemingly overturned. I am living this now. God and time will tell how this all turns out. Diamond Absolutes Betrayed by Michael … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Above
Rolling on through all these moments of mundanity Realized in all the resplendent lights of our humanity It seems that as it is above it will be the worse below For mortality’s tale is one in which all souls must … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Daily Prompt, Humanity, Law, Love, Melody, Mercy, Mortality, Mundane, Peace, Sonority, Spirit, Wordpress
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Finding Future In the Past
Based on a Sermon centered on The Book of Joshua:4-5 Finding Future In the Past by Michael Romani In the Word of God, for the People of God We remember the past in praise of God Its a matter of … Continue reading
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Tagged Fragments, Fullness of God, Future, Holy, Keeping, Memorial, Mercy, Nurture, Past, People of God, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Priorities, Promised Land, Promises, Red Sea, Rituals, Square One, Traditions, Word of God
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First Principles: It Is From God That We Gain Our Intended and Useful Vocations
“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) … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, George Washington, God the Father, Journey, Light, Mercy, Pursuit of Happiness, Vocations
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Thought For the Day: The Well Being of Mankind Is Our Business
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Benevolence, Business, Charity, Charles Dickens, Commerce, Commonwealth, Forbearance, Ghost, Marley, Mercy, Thought For the Day
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