ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

Keeping Faith Through Storms
by Michael Doyle

Walking righteous amidst life's corruption
The faithful holds true without disruption
Like Noah and his ark saving our humanity
The chaos of new frontiers heals with peace, not vanity

Too often, we live in coffins of our own making
While life demands we free ourselves from hearts breaking
Moments of our own storms that need a treasure chest
To bring us through, buoyantly to the other side, and rest

Keeping our heads above the waters along the way
Unfolding the promises of our coming new day
There are times dominated by our flowing tears
As we find our way into the new frontier

We move past the long-ago pains of condemnation
To find the reasons for faith and of dedication
Grumblers and fault-finders follow their desires
To divide we who seek God's love as something higher

Better ways that lead us to our lasting good
And must be followed as best as understood
Always keeping our lives founded on the right
As God patiently keeps us led by His shining light

When the rains are coming, we must reasonably prepare
Especially in the times for which we've nothing to compare
Building our peace within even those times of drought
So that in the times of storm, we will have our out

God's reasoning can be found in the deluge of rain
And our efforts turn out to have not been in vain
The unlikely are often the answers truly needed
When the Lord's word is finally heard and heeded

The Apostle Paul was a murderer in the days before
The Lord chose to use him for His something more
God needs the people chosen for their great availability
Trusted to live up then to their greatest capability

The ark had no helm or way for Noah to steer
But a window and God's will by which he could persevere
The challenges faced from the depths of the inside
Which are greater than those confronted on the outside

The woodpeckers of our lives half written pages
Need to be isolated and questioned from within their cages
We must travel life at God's known and chosen speed
In the end, we know that speed is indeed what we need

God makes us as he does for who we should be
He has seen ahead to our greatest opportunity
We must keep the faith in our darkest night
Believing in the Lord will get us through every fight

Keeping our calm in the storms that pass through here
We are kept in the promises that surely persevere
In these times of trouble, we need to learn to be still
As we watch and see the Lord's will come to prevail

In this age of information, we need more the interpretation
And the quietude that finds our answers in inspiration
As we faithfully wait for the passing storms to come to end
Knowing to trust our future at the hands of our great Friend

Step-by-step, God is with up always and completely
And God remembers us, much like Noah, always deeply
His eyes are on the sparrow making feathers visible 
And the truth of promises revealed from the invisible

These elevate us to the top of our life's Mount Ararat
It does not matter the how or why of where we are at
There are two worlds; one spiritual and one physical
These have come together, clashing in the age of digital

Keeping our faith through all the troubles spoken
Gets us through unblemished and unbroken
Coming up through the storms that bring us down
If, through prayerful faith, we know we will not drown

(c) July 2, 2023   Michael Doyle
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