Tag Archives: Believe

There You Are, It’s Spoken

Posted on November 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There You Are, It’s Spokenby Michael DoyleOh, it’s a messy messIf only the truthYou would confessA shake of a handUsed to be the bondSincerity, we could understandBut when you pretendSnaking aroundAs if it’s something you can defendWhy you stalk and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Anger, Because, Believe, Bond, Broken, Confess, Dance, Deception, Defend, Familiar, God, Hand, Harassment, Hellhounds, Hellish, Hope, Hunch, Kindness, Knew, Know, Learn, Leashes, Leave Alone, Let You Get Away, Madness, Manipulation, Mercy, Mess, Mistake, No Control, No Part of You, Not Strong, Once, Peace, Pick Up, Pieces, Plunder, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Seem, Seen Through, Shake, Sincerity, Skilled, Snake Around, So Much, Spell, Spoken, Stalk, Stand Down, Stop, Stranger, Terrifying, There You Are, Thought, Thrilled, Truth, Understand, Walked Away, Weak, Weakness, Woman, Wrong, You'll Never Own | Leave a comment

Christeaster Christians

Posted on October 8, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Christeaster Christiansby Michael DoyleChristeaster ChristiansWithout real meaningTwice a yearFind their way homeChrister ChristiansIn their presence beingBubbled in their tearsFeel lost and aloneMiracles prayed forWithout believingFind their own wayHitting hard without courageThere must be moreDespite the deceivingCan it be felt todayLived … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Believe, Christians, Christmas, Courage, Deceive, Declare, Easter, Encourage, Endure, Find, God, Hitting Hard, Home, Hope, Live Again, Love, Meaning, Miracles, More, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Presence, Pure, Square, Steps, Surrender, Tears, Today, Twice, Way | Leave a comment

Inconvenience Into Resemblance

Posted on October 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Inconvenience Into Resemblanceby Michael DoyleCasting aside the inconvenienceLooking instead for the resemblanceIs he your bother or a brother?What happened to loving one another?Red letter moments meant to teach usEach word said in try to reach usPassages that speak to heartachesMeant … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Belong, Bother, Brother, Done, Dwell, Embrace, Embraces, Encourage, Factual, Faith, Gentle Correction, God, God's Loving Arms, Goodness, Grace, Healing Hand, Healthy, Heartaches, His Love, Hurt, Importance, Incovenience, Jesus, Leaning In, Loving One Another, Me, Messy Spaces, Missing, Mistakes, Passages, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Purity, Pursuit, Reach, Red Letter, Reflection, Resemblance, Sacred, Seasons, Sick, Sobering, Speak, Spiritual Perfection, Stepping Into, Teach, Teaches, Thee, Toward, True, Wrong | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Believe In An America Where the Free Enterprise System Flourishes For All Other Systems To See and Admire–Where…No Racketeer, No Government Bureaucracy Can Put Him Out of Business

Posted on July 25, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe in an America where the free enterprise system flourishes for all other systems to see and admire — where no businessman lacks either competition or credit — and where no monopoly, no racketeer, no government bureaucracy can put … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Admire, America, Believe, Built Up, Business, Competition, Credit, Flourish, Free Enterprise System, Government Bureaucracy, Initiative, John F. Kennedy, Monopoly, Racketeer, See, Systems, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Wonder Expressed Within Five Words

Posted on July 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Wonder Expressed Within Five Wordsby Michael DoyleIts in the habits of faith we liveTaking each day catching what it givesOn seeing Christ we believeDoubting as we do as we self-deceiveFeelings revealed in wounds feltThere in the good reasons dealtDenying as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Believed, Best, Christ, Darkness, Deny, Determined In Purpose, Doubt, Each Day, Eternal Life, Expedience, Express, Faithful Obedience, God, God's Authority, Good Reasons, Habits of Faith, Knowing, Love, Modeled, Newness, One, Paiin, Poetry and Poems, Realized, Received, Recognized, Reliability, Resurrection, Self-Deceive, Sinful Condition, Submit, Triune Box, Trust, Truths, Twice Over, Undone, Unlocks, Walking, Wonder, Wounds | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All

Posted on April 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged At All, Believe, Despise, Don't Believe, Expression, Freedom, People, Thought For the Day, Virginia Woolf | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Believe You Can and You Are Halfway There

Posted on April 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?by Michael DoyleMay parents had their preferenceBut my life has whispered its reverenceMaybe they meant to play oracle?But like the archangel’s rhetoricalThis name is a bit battle wornAs a soldier speaks on behalf of the forlornAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Archangel, Battle Worn, Believe, Dedication, Lord's Warrior, Na/GloPoWriMo, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Quis Ut Deus?, Revelation, Reverence, Satan, Scorn, Sleeve, Soldier, Song for the Sea, Truth | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That the Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Sense, Reason and Intellect Has Intended Us To Forgo Their Use

Posted on April 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Believe, Endowed, Feel, First Principles, Forgo, Galileo Galilei, Intellect, Intended, Obliged, Reason, Same God, Sense, Use | Leave a comment

Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma

Posted on April 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma by Michael DoyleTime stands stillAs I turn awaySlowing downTides are feltDeep inside my fragile soulInnocence betraysCastle sandsSlip through my fingersWashed awayAs alwaysI look into setting sunsWondering at whyBest of timesPass away too fastIn your eyesIn … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Believe, Best of Times, Betray, Castle Sands, Deep Inside, Felt, Fingers, Fragile Soul, Hate, Innocence, Look, My Eyes, Na/GloPoWriMo, Pass Away, Poetry and Poems, Setting Sun, Shadorma, Slip, Slowing Down, Spanish Flower, Still, Tides, Time, Too Fast, True, Turn Away, Washed Away, When You Leave, Why, Wondering, Your Eyes | Leave a comment