Tag Archives: Change

Floodgate

Posted on February 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Floodgateby Michael DoyleI know that my place is reservedBy grace, Heaven is now deservedFor a sinner who once did wrongI have changed, and now I belongWhile it is that all aroundThis wicked world is shakingI cling to the grace I’ve … Continue reading →

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An Outpouring of Praise

Posted on February 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Outpouring of Praiseby Michal DoyleWith the power to saveYou called me out of my graveI was heavy from sins chainsAnd all of my own efforts were in vainThe day of my salvationCame to change my destinationYour love brought a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Atonement, Blame, Broken, Called, Celebration, Chains, Change, Confess, Destination, Fascination, Forever, Glorious Day, Grave, Heart, Heavy, History, Holy Name, Light, Love, My Ways, Mystery, Offer, Outpour, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Remaining Days, Restore, Return, Salvation, Save, Sins, Spoken, Test, The Lord, Tongue, Truth, Words | Leave a comment

We Were So Certain

Posted on January 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

We Were So Certainby Michael DoyleIt’s not so funny How things rearrangeIt used to be so sunnyNow everything has changedYou were my Bonnie,And I was your ClydeWas I only dreamingOr along for your rideWe were so certainNow we’re simply hurtingI … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Always, Bed, Bonnie, Certain, Change, Clear, Clyde, Days, Detaails, Devil Inside, Dreaming, Empty, Eyes, Feeling, Funny, Gone, Hurting, Last In Line, Light, Love, Make It Right, Mean, Missing, Morning, Pain Inside, Poetry and Poems, Rearrange, Reeling, Reveals, Ride, Silence, Sunny, Sunrise, Valentine, Words, Yesterday | Leave a comment

The Original Wild Child

Posted on January 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Original Wild Childby Michael DoyleOver pizza. we swung from vine to vineThese laughing daughters making the timeTo watch a remake of Tarzan this Saturday nightEach smile a moonbeam of their father’s delightWe talk as we watch Africa’s original feral … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Africa, Argumentation, Behind, Best, Brave, Burroughs, Change, Cheer, Circle, Complicated, Contemplation, Contemptuous, Creativity, Details, Director, Drama, Endless, Expression, Father's Deligh, Father's Delight, Fear, Feral Child, Fierce, Filed, Friendless, Glory, Guard, Heard, Lack of Dignity, Laughing Daughters, Leave, Liberty, Memories, Moonbeam, Nickname, No Matter How Right, Notes, Original, Peace of Mind, Pizza, Poetry and Poems, Reasoning, Regard, Remake, Rules of Civilization, Saturday Night, Slight, Smile, Society, Society's Lions, Story, Tale, Tarzan, The Wild, Thought, Time, Vine To Vine, Waste, Well, Wild Child, Youngest | Leave a comment

The Sabotage of Daily Life

Posted on January 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Sabotage of Daily Lifeby Michael DoyleIn the masquerades we playLost in ourselves, day after dayThe connecting dots bring our lossesRide the back of our carried crossesAll the unforeseen circumstancesThat come from life’s dancesAs we seek our first and second … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Champagne, Change, Choose, Connecting Dots, Cross, Daily Life, Dance, Day-After-Day, Decay, Delay, Devotion, Emotion, Entirety of Life, Expressions, Gone, Hands, Impressions, Lose, Losses, Lost In Ourselves, Masquerades, Move On, Open Minds, Pay Our Dues, People, Play, Poetry and Poems, Reprise, Sabotage, Stepped-Up Games, Surprises, Survivable, Time, Time AfterTime, Unforeseen Circumstances, Win Or Lose | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Was Pride That Changed Angels Into Devils; It is Humility That Makes Men As Angels

Posted on December 20, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” – Saint Augustine

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Angels, Change, Devil, Humility, Mankind, Men, Pride, Saint Augustine, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Constitution of Government Once Changed From Freedom Can Never Be Restored. Liberty, Once Lost, Is Lost Forever

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams (1775)

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The Meekness of His Glory

Posted on December 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Meekness of His Gloryby Michael DoyleAs Emmanuel, He walked among usAs it was, simply becauseHe wanted humanity to rise to the gloryThat is the sum of the gospel storyJohn’s narrative came from a unique perspectiveTangible as a tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actus Purus, Change, Compassioin, Conception, Credibility, Doctrine of Incarnation, Emmanuel, Ethos, Express, Flesh, Freedom, Gospel Story, Heartstrings, His Glory, Humanity, Immeasurable, Immutable, Inspiration, John, Logos, Meekness, Mercy, Narrative, Pathos, Pattern, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Reason, Resurrection, Sages, Strength, Sum, Tangible, the Word, Tomb, Triune, Two Miracles, Unchanging, Womb | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: For Me, Words Are A Form of Action, Capable of Influencing Change

Posted on November 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” -Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (1944-2017)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Action, Capable, Change, Form, Influence, Ingrid Bngis, Me, Thought For the Day, Words | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Rights of Conscience, of Bearing Arms, of Changing the Government, Are Declared To Be Inherent In the People

Posted on November 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.” – Fisher Ames

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Bearing Arms, Change, Declare, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Government, Inherent, Rights of Conscience, The People | Leave a comment