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First Principles: Jesus Said To Her, “I Am the Resurrection and the Life. He Who Believes In Me, Though He May Die, He Shall Live

Posted on March 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?’”– (John 11:25-26)

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I’ll Meet You There

Posted on February 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I’ll Meet You Thereby Michael DoyleSomewhere in hereIn the deep felt insideThere is cold fearThat has nowhere to hidePushed past mountains and woodsThe darkness comes as it shouldFighting against this is no goodThis is the truth that’s understoodWounded hearts always … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledging Your Lies, Ancient Road, Ancient Wisdom, Anguish, Beg, Believed, Blackest Black, Bury, Coins, Cold Fear, Cold Wind, Darkness, Dead, Dececember, Die, Embrace, Error, Eyes, Face, Fat, Fight, Forever, Forget, Ghosts of Fear, Good, Goodbye, Goodness, Harshness, Hate, Heads, Heartbreaks, Heaven, Here, Hide, Hope, I'll Meet You There, Inside, Journey, Last Breath, Life Depends, Light, Live, Long, Lost, Love, Meet You There, Misconception, Moments of Life, Mountains and Woods, Mysteeries, Near, Never Coming Back, Night, Nowhere, Passage, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Remember, River Styx, Run Deep, Should, Silent, Sins, Snow, Somewhere, Soul, Soul Searching, Truth, Understood, Wait, Win, Wish, Word, Wounded Heart, Year's End | Leave a comment

Life Without Light

Posted on January 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life Without Lightby Michael DoyleLife without lightIs the color they died inDarker than nightIs the least of their sinsI can’t say you’ll like thisBut we need to risk regretFor all the world cried amissAt the lost beauty, we must regretSabbath … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amiss, Calm, Color, Crimes, Dark, Depravity, Die, Doubt, End, Ends of Our Ropes, Friends, Glow, Graves, Hatred, Hearts, Hell, Hide, History, Hope, Humane, Humanity, Inside, Least, Life, Light, Lost Beauty, Madness, Melt, Never Forget, Night, No Way Out, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Prisoners, Regret, Remember, Risk, Sabbath Candles, Shot, Sin, Someday, Taint, Tears, The Other, Undone, Unfelt, Unifnished, World | Leave a comment

For the Win

Posted on January 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For the Winby Michael DoyleNever give upNever give inWhen you fall downGet up againRun through the valleysKeep your head lowRun through the alleysYou didn’t even knowDodge the punchesWhenever you canThis is the rumbleThat makes you a manHold your head highAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alleys, Battle, Die, Dodge Punches, Fall, Fall Down, Fight, Found, Get Up, Give In, Give Up, Good Reasons, Head, Head high, Keep You Down, Know, Man, Never, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rise Again, Rumble, Run, Soul, Stumble, Twice As Hard, Unafraid, Valley, Whenever, Win | Leave a comment

Searching For Reasons Why

Posted on December 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Searching For Reasons Whyby Michael DoyleSearching for wordsThat just won’t comeHoping for a pocketful of miraclesBut finding noneThis is no way to spendThe moments leading to Christmas DayJust hoping for them to endCause they make no difference anywayTake another sip … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, Believe, Blues, Cards, Chair, Christmas, Christmas Day, Comfort, Could, Cry, Daughters, David, Die, Difference, Dream, Dreams, Drenched, End, Father, Give, Gone, Good, Half, Happy, Hard, Hearts, Hope, Knocked Back, Lack, Life, Life's Pain, Long, Moments, None, Nudge, Pocketful of Miracles, Poetry and Poems, Pouring Rain, Read, Reasons, Rhyme, Sadness, Seams, Searching, Shoulders, Sip, Snowman, Spend, Stand, Stars, Table, Think, Time, Watch, Why, Without A Reason Why, Words | Leave a comment

In Healing Hymn

Posted on October 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

In Healing Hymnby Michael DoyleTo be human is to fantasizeMore than can be seen with naked eyesWorried about what ghouls might beAfter death’s last-breath tragedyWe keep our eyes on what is nextAnd all the riddles that do connectCaught in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrogance, Bittersweet, Blasphemy, Breath, Burn, Bury, Climb, Conceal, Courage, Cure, Death, Desceration, Die, Dream, Endure, Fadeaway, Faithlessness, Fantasize, Flowers, Fluidity, Ghouls, God, Grave, Grow, Heal, Health and Sickness, Heart, Heartbreak, Heaven's Gate, Hesitation, Human, Hymn, Know, Lives, Lullaby, Measure, Memories, Mortal Love, Mountain, Mourn, Mystic, Naked Eyes, Offense, Pockets of Desolation, Poetry and Poems, Pursue, Question, Remembered, Resurrection, Riddles, Sacred Reason, Save, Sin, Sorrow, Sympathy, Timid Souls, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treasure, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Hatred Is Like Drinking Poison and Expecting The Other Person To Die

Posted on October 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Hatred is like drinking poison and then waiting for it to kill your enemy.” – Buddha

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Buddha, Die, Drink, Expect, Hatred, Other Person, Poison, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

What Used To Be

Posted on September 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Used To Beby Michael DoyleI remember when I showed my daughterWhat it was that used to once beShared like a loving fatherIn the twenty-second centuryWe dominated with technologyForgetting the natural carrying capacityAnd reframed the world in uglinessTo which her … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 22nd Century, Before, Best, Blaze of Glory, Candid Answers, Carrying Capacity, Certaianty, Children, Cling, Daughter, Deja Vu, Deominate, Die, Do, Dues, Ecology, Ending, Evidence, Father, Fight, Fix, Fly, Forget, Generation, Grasp, Heaven, Human Race, Ingenuity, Legacy, Life, Living Witness, Mission, Overome, Paradox, Plan B, Poetry and Poems, Poor, Pray, Pretend, Prospect, Reframe, Remember, Restore, Stories, Symptoms, Technology, Toxicity, Twenty-Second Century, Ugligness, Urgency, Version, Victory, What Used To BE, Wicked Pace, Win, Wings, World, Write | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is Self-Evident That Language Has Not Bled To Death Through Change

Posted on September 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Prolonged study of the English language leaves me with a conviction that nearly all the linguistic tendencies of the present day have been displayed in earlier centuries, and it is self-evident that the language has not bled to death through … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Antidote, Bled To Death, Burdensome, Centuries, Change, Conviction, Crudities, Die, Display, Distinctions, English Language, Flourish, Language, Linguistic Tendencies, Present Day, Robert W. Burchfield, Self-Evident, Soften, Study, Thought For the Day, Time, Useful, Vulgarity | Leave a comment

The True Test

Posted on August 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The True Testby Michael DoyleThere’s a tear that comesWhen your soul diesAs you watch your loveSlip from life, and you cryWe had edged to eternityStanding there forehead to foreheadNow nothing will return her to meUntil I, too, am deadI promised … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blur, Bridge, Call, Catch Her Fall, Cry, Dead, Die, Eternity, Flowers, Forehead, Grave, Grief, Heartbreak Ridge, Love, Poetry and Poems, Return, Slip, Soul, Spirit, Tear, True Test | Leave a comment