ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

First Principles: To Preserve Liberty It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Possess Arms and Be Taught Alike, Especially When You, How To Use Them

Posted on December 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.“ – Richard Henry Lee aka The Federal Farmer

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One Breath

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

One Breath
by Michael Doyle

Heaven has its melody,
It plays like a full symphony.
It's calling us all home.
We walk together, not alone.

There's a taste like eternity
In all that God has done for me.
There is a home before our adoration,
As certain as we are of our destination.

We stand together on our arrival,
Ready as we are for our revival.
With joy, we praise His glory,
Happy as we are with the ending of the story.

From the depth of Satan's night, 
We have received our Lord's light.
Blessed in our holy theology's trinity,
We stand as one for all of eternity.

The Lamb quietly conquered death
As we stood there as one breath.
I am thankful for his redemption,
Freed from my grave in His contemplation. 

(c) December 15, 2025   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

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In the Stillness of Night

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In the Stillness of Night
by Michael Doyle

Things don't always go as planned
Snows have stormed, and we're undermanned.
But the stars still twinkled on a silent night,
And somehow, that makes everything alright.

God knows how to play accidents out.
All of time's moments are meant without a doubt.
Silence is thematic and has real meaning.
It's all part of appreciating being a human being.

We go to God in our silent prayers.
Sometimes the silence makes us wonder if God is there.
In the storms of life, we find our release,
As Christ calms the winds and brings us peace.

The silence leads to the stillness of our minds
As we leave the crashing waves far behind. 
Stillness calms the troubles inside our souls
As we hand it all over to God, what belongs under his control.

After 400 silent years, John the Baptist prepared the way.
For four hundred years, God waited for Christ's day
Before He walked among us bringing humanity's redemption.
Stillness broke the silence as Emmanuel brought us salvation.

(c) December 14, 2025   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

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First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”– Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Thought For the Day: Men Occasionally Stumble Over the Truth, But Most of Them Pick Themselves Up and Hurry Off As If Nothing Had Happened

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” – Winston Churchill

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Thought For the Day: In the Inner Stillness Where Meditation Leads, the Spirit Secretly Anoints the Soul and Heals Our Deepest Wounds

Posted on December 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” – John of the Cross

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First Principles: In Repentance and Rest Is Your Salvation, In Quietness and Trust Is Your Strength But You Would Have None of It

Posted on December 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:”

“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.” – Isaiah 30:15 NIV

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Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

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Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of...)
by Michael Doyle

Cropper laid the template for rock-n-roll.
Green Onions made the Soul Man cry. 
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay consoled our souls
As Otis crashed and the rest of America cried.

He proved that sometimes more is said with less.
With each note in its pocket, no one had to guess.
A flashy solo isn't needed when you know what to say.
The language of rock-n-roll is to feel as you play.

Steve Cropper laid down rock's essential groove.
His licks made the world jump up and move.
Laid out in smooth touching bare necessities,
There wasn't a need to clutter it up with complexity.

With a chaotic bit of madness in its primal purity,
The best of players swagger with style and certainty.
Serving the song  just move the tunes along,
Steve stabbed the dissonance into right where it belonged.

Sometimes the best music is filled with just enough space,
Keeping it simple as notes fall into just the right place.
Chugging patterns make sure the timing is precious and tight.
Steve always played it succinctly and simply right.

(c) December 13, 2025   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved

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Thought For the Day: Whenever the Government of the United States Shall Break UP, It Will Probably Be In Consequence of A False Direction Been Given To Publick Opinion

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.” – James F. Cooper

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First Principles: Families Are the Nurseries of All Societies; and the First Combinations of Mankind

Posted on December 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.” – Cotton Mather

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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER

First Principles: To Preserve Liberty It Is Essential That the Whole Body of the People Possess Arms and Be Taught Alike, Especially When You, How To Use Them

One Breath

In the Stillness of Night

First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

Thought For the Day: Men Occasionally Stumble Over the Truth, But Most of Them Pick Themselves Up and Hurry Off As If Nothing Had Happened

Thought For the Day: In the Inner Stillness Where Meditation Leads, the Spirit Secretly Anoints the Soul and Heals Our Deepest Wounds

First Principles: In Repentance and Rest Is Your Salvation, In Quietness and Trust Is Your Strength But You Would Have None of It

Steve Cropper (In Remembrance of…)

Thought For the Day: Whenever the Government of the United States Shall Break UP, It Will Probably Be In Consequence of A False Direction Been Given To Publick Opinion

First Principles: Families Are the Nurseries of All Societies; and the First Combinations of Mankind

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