Tag Archives: Celebrate

Thanksgiving Contemplation

Posted on November 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Thanksgiving Contemplationby Michael DoyleDig up the extra silverwareIt’s the time to take careAs we feast on our fareAnd forget the when and whereA claustrophobic proximityAdds to the instant complexityAs we fight over dinnertimeAnd what exactly rhymesWith the thoughts of gratitudeAs … Continue reading →

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Please Enjoy Your Labor Day Holiday!!

Posted on September 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Please enjoy our Labor Day!! Today is a day to celebrate a little the blessings given to us from our labor and the labor of others. Why not take a moment and thank those who work so hard for us … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Allow, Celebrate, Equal Chance, Equal Oppotunity, Equity, Everybody, Focus, Getting Rich, Good, Gratitude, Harm, Humblest Man, Labor, Labor Day, Law, Life, Popose, Reject Equity, Thankfulness, Thought For the Day, War On Capital | Leave a comment

Have A Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving 2023!!

Posted on November 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Whatever your favorite ways of celebrating and saying thanks to God, family, and friends, I hope your days are filled with joy and blessings!!

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 2023, Blessed, Celebrate, Family, Favorite Ways, Friends, God, Happy, Happy Thanksgiving Day!, Joy, Thanksgiving, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Seen In Communion

Posted on September 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Seen In Communionby Michael DoyleA plate of breadAnd juice of grapeBrings life to be spreadLike its spiritual landscapeWe come together for communionAs part of God’s familyCelebrating in this reunionThe blessing that brings us unityForgiveness in Christ is sharedThrough the burden … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Atonement, Blessing, Bow, Bread, Bread and Cup, Broken, Burden of the Cross, Cause To Pause, Celebrate, Christ, Come Together, Commitment, Communion, Confident, Correction, Destruction, Faithfulness, Fellowship, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Future, Gain, Gentle, Given, God, God's Family, Grape, Hell, His Ways, Hope, Inspection, Juice, Last, Life, Lord's Supper, Love, New Covenant, Now, Offered, Other Believers, Passover, Past, Plate, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Present, Recognize, Reflection, Remembrance, Remind Us, Resurrection, Reunion, Sacrifice, Satan, Seen, Shared, Sin of Man, Sinners, Slavation, Spiritual Eyes, Spiritual Lanscape, Spread, Story, Table, Three Days, Three Directions, Unity, Yoke | Leave a comment

Happy Constitution and Citizenship Day!!

Posted on September 17, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Today is a day that memorializes our Constitution and has become also Citizenship Day. For the United States, this should perhaps be observed with more vigor as we have clowns like Gavin Newsome increasingly pushing to overthrow our nation’s Constitution. … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Amendment Process, Celebrate, Citizenship, Clown, Compromises, Constitution, Gavin Newsome, Happy Citizenship Day!, Happy Constitution Day, More Perfect Union, Nation, Observation, Observe, Overrhrow, Republican Form of Government, Resource, Response, Thought For the Day, United States, Vigorous | Leave a comment

Happy Labor Day to All!

Posted on September 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

It’s Labor Day, USA! Take some time off and do that work tomorrow. The rest of the world celebrates another day. I, for one, am glad that we distinguish ourselves. Soo.. crank up the barbecues, grill a few, drink a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 2022, Barbecue, Beverage, Celebrate, Distinguish, Grill, Happy Labor Day!, Thought For the Day, USA, Work | Leave a comment

A Birthday Week

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A Birthday Weekby Michael DoyleSolid as it is with just a look2020 was a hard one for the history booksBut, as those pages have turnedThere was one thing that I have learnedMy love was born a Libra on her scaleAnd … Continue reading →

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Planted Seed of Fear

Posted on July 3, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Poem 4 in a series retelling a classic werewolf tale: Planted Seed of Fear by Michael Doyle Plant the seed The seed of fear As the blood moon rises Evil comes in its disguises The village wills to celebrate While … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blood Moon, Celebrate, Dance, Disguise, Drink, Evil, Fear, Firelight, Fools, Guard, Hunter, Invigorate, Know, Lurk, Moonlit, Night, Pageantry, Photograph, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Rise, Second Sight, Seed, Seek, Shadow, Sleight of Hand, Stand, Tapestry, Things Seen, Trick, Trick of the Light, True, Village, Warrior | Leave a comment

On Being Eleventeen

Posted on May 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

My youngest daughter turns 11 tomorrow. She’s brilliant, witty, charming in her own ways and has a bright future ahead of her. Yes. I am a very proud father of both of my princesses. The only kingdom I … Continue reading →

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Sounds For Troubled Times

Posted on May 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

One thing I’ve had some time to do lately is to explore what tuneage tends to lift my spirits in these sunken times. Sounds For Troubled Times by Michael Doyle Susceptible to a classic boogie fever As though there be … Continue reading →

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