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About alohapromisesforever

Writer, poet, musician, surfer, father of two princesses.

Talk of Grace

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Talk of Graceby Michael DoyleIt is all of us, the body of peopleFound under God’s holy steepleThat makes us wonder about graceUndeserved in favor, yet we know our placeClearly, His church is most attractiveWhere grace is found and is most … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All of Us, Apparent, Attractive, Church, Clear, Favor, Found, Glory, God, God's Story, Grace, Great Things, Holy Name, Holy Steeple, Learn, Lives, Love Given, People, Place, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reflective, Talk, Transparent, Undeserved, Wonder, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Grace Doesn’t Depend On Suffering To Exist, But Where There Is Suffering You Will Find Grace In Many Facets and Colors

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Grace doesn’t depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.” – William P. Young

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Colors, Dependence, Exist, Facets, Grace, Suffering, Thought For the Day, William P. Young | Leave a comment

First Principles: For Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You: For Ye Are Not Under the Law, But Under Grace

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” – Romans 6:14

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Dominion, First Principles, Grace, Law, Over You, Romans 6:14, Sin, Under | Leave a comment

The Freedom Agenda

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Freedom Agendaby Michael DoyleI read the headlines to my great consternationThat Newsome and others would change our constitutionThe thoughts of over my dead body come to mindIt’s time we leave such foolish thoughts behindIt’s not enough to simply win … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, America, American, American Way, Approach, Articulation, Ashes, Attack, Back, Biden, Bidenomics, Big Business, Big Government, Blanket, Blind Man, Borders, Broken, Burn, Change, Cherish, Children, Christians, Cities, Compassion, Consequence, Conservative, Consternation, Constitution, Course, Course Correction, Crisis, Crying Point, Decide, Desire, Detection, Determination, Dignity, Disaster, Down, Education, Election Day, Elections, Elite, Enemies, Energy, Evidence, Faithful, Fight, First Principles, Foolish Thoughts Behind, Forget It, Founding, Freeborn Nation, Freedom, Freedoms, Fruitful, God's Timing, Good, Grounded, Haters of America, Headlines, Heritage, Hope, Ideals, Ideas and Ideals, Indoctrination, Inspection, Inspired, Integrity, Key, Knifepoint, Legacy, Let It, Liberal Policies, Liberty, Locked Arms, Manmade, Masses, Mind, Motion, Nation, Newsome, Nonexistent, Our Freedoms, Outspoken, Over My Dead Body, Pain, Path, Path Ahead, Perish, Poetry and Poems, Point, Policy, Pollices, Prices, Prosperity, Push Back, Questions, Rational Explanation, Real, Rebound, Republican, Right, Right Direction, Saddled, Self-Anoint, Set of Ideals, Shame, Spurious Election Prcoedures, Strength, Strong, Students, The Bible, The Freedom Agenda, The People, Thoughts, Truth, Tyranny, Unvarished Truth, Victory, Virtue, Vision, Way of Life, Weaken, Win, Words, Wrong | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Not Our Property, Can Be Protected

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either of them, are regulated by no certain laws, and are subject to no certain principles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Administer, Certain Tenure, Commentaries On the Constitution (1833), Fail, Impartially, Joseph Story, Jutice, Laws, Persons, Principles, Property, Protect, Redress, Regulate, Remedy, Rights, Savage, Society, Subject, Thought For the Day, Value | Leave a comment

First Principles: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Evil, First Principles, Good, Powerless, Ronald Reagan, Unafraid | Leave a comment

First Principles: No Man Can Study the Movement of Modern Civilization From An Impartial Standpoint and Not Realize that Christianity, and the Spread of Christianity, Are the Basis of Hope of Modern Civilization

Posted on September 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No man can study the movement of modern civilization from an impartial standpoint and not realize that Christianity, and the spread of Christianity, are the basis of hope of modern civilization in the growth of popular self government.” – William … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Basis, Christianity, First Principles, Growth, Hope, Impartial Standpoint, Modern Civilization, Popular, Realize, Self Government, Spread, Study, William H. Taft | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Self-Evident That Language Has Not Bled To Death Through Change

Posted on September 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Prolonged study of the English language leaves me with a conviction that nearly all the linguistic tendencies of the present day have been displayed in earlier centuries, and it is self-evident that the language has not bled to death through … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Antidote, Bled To Death, Burdensome, Centuries, Change, Conviction, Crudities, Die, Display, Distinctions, English Language, Flourish, Language, Linguistic Tendencies, Present Day, Robert W. Burchfield, Self-Evident, Soften, Study, Thought For the Day, Time, Useful, Vulgarity | Leave a comment

Puer Aeternus

Posted on September 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Puer Aeternusby Michael DoyleIt seems that from out of nowhere subtleThere’s an argument that has no rebuttalThat all of my desire for the highest riskHas passed my logic by walking tall and briskMy life had always been fairly straight and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptability, Analytical, Archetypes, Argument, Avoid, Binds, Blocking Development, Bullying, Clearly See, Collective Dreams, Commitment, Complete, Complexity, Conditional, Cronus, Deep Desperation, Degree, Depression, Desire, Detection, Difficult Passages, Divine Child, Divine Comedy, Doomed Relationship, Drama, Eleuisinian Mysteries, Emotional Disintegration, Empty Shell, Europhic Experiences, Expression, Fairy Tales, Fleeting Affection, Forget, Freedom, Greek Mythology, Grip, Grown Up Things, Highest Risk, Hook, Hurt, Iacchus, Inner Child, Insufferable, Intolerable, Joy, Life, Logic, Lost Boy, Mature, Maturity, Metamorphoses, Mirror, Modern Lifee, Moral Reflection, Naivety, narcissistic, Neverland, Now, Nowhere, Nurture, Once Upon A Time, Parenthetical, Paths, Personal Hell, Personal History, Peter, Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, Play, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Provisional, Psychology, Puer Aeternus, Rebuttal, Regret, Repeat, Restrictions, Seams, See, Shadow of the Puer, Shadows, Stability, Stagnate, Straight and Narrow, Subtle, Tales, Time Passages, Truama, Walking Tall, Wild, Wonder | Leave a comment

First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and the Course of Nature, An Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness…and the Solid Rewards of Public Prosperity and Felicity

Posted on September 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Advantage, Course of Nature, Duty, Economy, Exist, Felicity, First Principles, George Washington, Happiness, Honest, Indissoluble, Magnanimous, Maxims, Policy, Public Prosperity, Reward, Union, Virtue | Leave a comment

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Talk of Grace

Thought For the Day: Grace Doesn’t Depend On Suffering To Exist, But Where There Is Suffering You Will Find Grace In Many Facets and Colors

First Principles: For Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You: For Ye Are Not Under the Law, But Under Grace

The Freedom Agenda

Thought For the Day: Without Justice Being Freely, Fully, and Impartially Administered, Neither Our Persons, Nor Our Rights, Not Our Property, Can Be Protected

First Principles: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid

First Principles: No Man Can Study the Movement of Modern Civilization From An Impartial Standpoint and Not Realize that Christianity, and the Spread of Christianity, Are the Basis of Hope of Modern Civilization

Thought For the Day: It Is Self-Evident That Language Has Not Bled To Death Through Change

Puer Aeternus

First Principles: There Exists In the Economy and the Course of Nature, An Indissoluble Union Between Virtue and Happiness…and the Solid Rewards of Public Prosperity and Felicity

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