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Thought For the Day: Be Yourself In the Face of Conformity
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson To conform yourself to a world that is depraved and growingly increasingly sick in how it operates … Continue reading
Mother’s Day 2017, Part III
Mother’s Day 2017, Part III by Michael Romani As rare and true as a mother’s love Only second to that of God above Is a gift that has blessed each of us Given to each as a just because That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Acceptance, Balloon, Caring, Closeness, Embraces, Fountain, Gift, Higher, Mother's Day, Nurture, Prayer, Words of Love
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C.S. Lewis Study: Mere Christianity
Tonight was the first meeting of the C.S. Lewis Study that Ally and I are holding at Aloha Promises Forever! We covered the first chapter of Mere Christianity and then used a study guide to review the key concepts covered. … Continue reading
The Purple Testament
My daughters want to be writers. In talking about this along the way, I was asked who I thought were the best of the writers that I had come across in my life. Well, I thought of course of all … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Philippines, Poetry, Promises, Rod Serling, The Purple Testament, Twilight Zone, War Stinks, World War II, Writers, Writing
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Thought For the Day: A Mother’s Love Is the Veil of Softer Light
“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Heart, Heavenly Father, Mothe, Mother's Day, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Softer Light, Thought For the Day, Veil
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Mother’s Day 2017, Part II
Mother’s Day 2017, Part II by Michael Romani I miss my mom That’s no surprise I think as I stare at the screen Through sleepy eyes My earliest memory Is that of her role In what was usually – In … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Anchor, Family, Home, Memories, Military Brat, Mom, Mother's Day 2017, Sleepy Eyes
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Mother’s Day 2017, Part I
Yesterday, I photographed part of what a friend had set up as a build on a Virtual Reality platform called Second Life. She had built this on her “land” in celebration of Mother’s Day. Her parcel is set … Continue reading
A New Direction
Expecting a Mother’s Day related sermon this Sunday, it caught my attention fairly strongly when instead the sermon was based on 2nd Corinthians 6:2: 2 For he says, “(I)n the time of my favor I heard you, and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 2nd Corrinthians, Choice, Clarity, Fallen Nature, Father, Forgiving, God's Favor, Grace, Holy Ghost, Indwelling, Mother's Day, Poetry, Salvation, Satan, Sermon, Son, Spiritual Desires, Voice
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You Are My Purpose
One day, I met a girl. She gave me beauty, love, dance and happiness. I gave her all of me. You Are My Purpose by Michael Romani You have become my life And all of my madness You’ve brought … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Poetry and Poems
Tagged Ally Romani, Always and Forever, Beauty, Dance, Happiness, Love, Purpose
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Fired Up and Melted Down
In our society, there is a lot to be said for customer service. When it’s great, that’s really nice. When it’s not? Well… Imagine a power outage that somehow triggered a fuse box issue. Now imagine, that as you hear … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Attitude, Burning, Carbon, Customer Service, Fired Up, Fuse Box, Melted Down, Poetry and Prose, Power Outage
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