Tag Archives: Believe

That We’ve Received

Posted on July 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

That We’ve Receivedby Michael DoyleOur praise shakes the groundEarth and Heaven chased aroundWild and free as the winds blowingWe raise this love before the All-KnowingWorking His wonders before our eyesTo deliver His promises without surpriseGiving all the glory to His … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All Days, All-Knowing, Believe, Blessings, Deliver, Earth and Heaven, Everyday, Eyes, Glory, Ground, Healing Power, Heaven Above, Holy Name, Lift, Love, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Promises, Received, Shower, Surprise, Teach, Wind, Wonders | Leave a comment

Bitter Truth Empty

Posted on July 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Bitter Truth Emptyby Michael DoyleI come from the tribe of the dead soulSpirits lifted in the game of rock-n-rollThere is living yet to be doneIn the name of the father and the sonAnd yet, in the mirrored reflectionA sprawl spins … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Banality, Believe, Bitter Truth, Conviction, Creative Force, Dead, Die, Direction, Done, Dribble, Echo, Ego, Empty, Essence, Eviction, Eyes, Father, Game, Gone, History, Human Being, Lay Down, Living, Meaning, Music, Mystry, Name, New Sky, Nothing, Nothing Left To Say, Originality, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Reflection, Remorse, Reverberations, Rock-n-Roll, Shrivel, Simply, Single Shred, Something, Son, Soul, Spirt, STuck, Surprise, Tomorrow, Tribe, Truth, Urban Decay, Vacuum, Watch | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of Men: the Righteous Who Believe Themselves Sinners; the Sinners Who Believe Themselves Righteous

Posted on June 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous.” – Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (19 Jun 1623-1662)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Blaise Pascal, Mankind, Righteous, Sinners, Thought For the Day, Two Kinds | Leave a comment

For Sierra (At Age 14)

Posted on May 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

For Sierra (At Age 14)by Michael DoyleThough sometimes now, I have to squint To get the clue of what it is you meantThis poem is for you as you reach 14Growing into one of my favorite human beingsWhether it’s building … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abstraction, Age 14, Amaze, Believe, Bigger and Lesser Things, Bolder, Breath, Building, Capable Mind, Care, Child, Clue, Coding, Conceive, Confidently, Confusing, Confusion, Day Passes, Daze, Dreams, Favorite Human Being, For Sierra, God, Grapple, Grow, Have Your Say, Head-On, Hesitation, Hold, Illusion, Impressive, Issues, Meant, Never Lost, Older, Parts of You, Path, Poem, Poetry and oems, Pray, Proud, Questions, Reach, Robots, Safe, Share, Sometimes, Squint, Standing Your Ground, Talk, Time and Day, Vote, World | Leave a comment

On the Wrong Side of the Tracks

Posted on May 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On the Wrong Side of the Tracksby Michael DoyleJust south Of Desolation BoulevardOn the wrong side Of those rusted tracksIs a place we knowWhere the kids all goAnd the traffic’s slowWhere hearts beat forever Than the speed of lightOn the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Barrios, Believe, Bleed Out, Cherish, Cling, Desolation Boulevard, Desperation, Dreaming, Dreams, Facts, Feeling, Flow, Hard and Fast, Hearts Beat, Hold Onto, Important, Kids, Kiss, Know, Life, Love, Madrid, Mistakes, Moment, Never Let Go, Night, Poetry and Poems, Rust, Scream, South, Speed of Light, Tears, Tracks, Traffic, Truth, Wrong Side | Leave a comment

Big Sur

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Big Surby Michael DoyleThinking back under Indiana’s rainMemories of a life spent in refrainWhere too much was never quite enoughAnd jokers begged a thief to call his bluffI remember back to when weeks were doneWe’d pack the car to drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Away, Beach, Believe, Big Sur, Bixby Bridge, Bluff, California, Chapparal, Closed, Conceive, Condor, Current, Days, Driving, Earth, Enought, Footpaths, Freedom, Glide, Greenery, Happy Songs, Heaven, Highway One, Home, Indiana Rain, Jade Cove, Joy, Leave, Ledge, Life Spent, Life's Answers, McWay Falls, Mirth, Nature's Child, Oak, Poetry and Poems, Push and Pull, Reach, Redwood, Refrain, Scenery, Secrets, Smile, Soar, Soft Rain, Sunshine, Tear, Tide, Times, Topple, Trails, Unveiled, Ventana, Week, Wild, World's Edge | Leave a comment

Processing Transformation

Posted on May 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

1 John 3:1-10 Processing Transformationby Michael Doyle As the children of God, we know loveShined down from the heavens aboveTo know this hope in God in which we will stayWe are forgiven to the extent we no longer stray We … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acquire, Balance, Believe, Best, Children of God, Circumstance, Do Right, God, Holy Transformation, Hope, Imperfect, Information, Living Days, Love, Man, Plan, Poetry and Poems, Processing, Receive, Shine, Significant, Stay, Stray, Teach, Test, Thanks, Transformation, Ways, Ways of Sin, Woman | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars

Posted on May 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Grass, Journey-Work, Leaf, No Less, Stars, Thought For the Day, Walt Whitman | Leave a comment

Living the Glory

Posted on May 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In the Father’s Careby Michael DoyleThrough Christ, I live the gloryPlaying my part in the storyLifting my hands up to the skyI know I never have to question why Comfortable in my humble praiseI walk in the faith of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answered Prayer, Believe, Comfortable, Days, Fath, Father's Care, Glory, God, God Works, Good, Hands, Lift, Light, Listen, Living, Miracles, My Part, Name, Never Alone, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Say, Sky, Spent, Story, Thankful, Through Christ, Why | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Still Can’t Believe Changing the Cover of A Box of Pancake Mix Hasn’t Caused World Peace Yet

Posted on April 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I still can’t believe changing the cover of a box of pancake mix hasn’t caused world peace yet.” – Kevin Sorbo

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Box, Cause, Change, Kevin Sorbo, Pancake Mix, Still, Thought For the Day, World Peace, Yet | Leave a comment