Tag Archives: Evil

A Redemption Song

Posted on December 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Redemption Songby Michael DoyleThey harked the heraldAs the angels began to singSpreading the good newsIn the joy they dared to bringOn the night of the first NoelWith the shepherds in the fieldThe angels began to tell the taleOf mercy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Babe, Blessings, Born, Borne, Bring, Christmas, Dare, Done, Evil, Faced Down, Fail, Field, First Noel, God, Good News, Hark, Herald, Holy Contemplation, Joy, Kingdom, Love, Manger, Mercy Mild, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reason, Recall, Redemption, Redemption Song, Season, Shepherds, Sing, Tale, The Son, The Spirit, Word | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Life Is Composed of Lights and Shadows, and We Would Be Untruthful, Insincere, and Saccharine If We Tried To Pretend There Were No Shadows

Posted on December 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I don’t believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn’t treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Adults, Children, Compose, Evil, Fragile Flowers, Good, Insincere, Learn, Life, Lights and Shadows, Mental Stature, Motion Pictures, No Shadows, Parent, Playing Down, Pretend, Reach, Reality, Saccharine, Shield, Strongest, Thought For thee Day, Understand, Untruthful, Walt Disney | Leave a comment

First Principles: Do Not Be Overcome By Evil, But Overcome Evil With Good

Posted on November 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” – Romans 12:21

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Do Not Be Overcome, Evil, First Principles, Good, Overcome, Romans 12:21 | Leave a comment

Like Souls Rising From the Dead

Posted on November 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Like Souls Rising From the Deadby Michael DoyleHidden symbols press the conscienceAnd then denies the separation of scienceFrom the spirituality of all things trueThis is independent of a fearful point of viewMorals only tend to get in the wayOf moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Asp, Blasphemous Prayers, Block, Born, Clasp, Company, Conscience, Consequence, Cosmic Strife, Craven World, Cursed, Damned, Darkness, Dead, Divine, Engrave, Eternal Fire, Evil, Fallen Angels, Fear, Godless, Greed, Hand, Harness, Hellish Choir, Hidden Symbols, Hidden Truth, Knowledge, Life, Lightning, Majesty, Mire, Mirror, Morals, Mother Nature, Names, New Day, New Life, New Meaning, Night, Outshine, Pain, Palmistry, Past Light, Phoenix Rises, Poetry and Poems, Point of View, Price, Rise, Sacred Veil, Satan, Science, Separation, Souls, Spirituality, Stranger, Sun Rise, Sympathy, True, Undone, Winter Storm, Wish, Womb | Leave a comment

Praying In the Name Of…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Praying In the Name Of…by Michael DoyleThe battle is won in victoryMy hands lift up in God, not meThroughout all of my daysEvery waking moment, focused on His waysMy hands lift up in His holy praiseHe is the author of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Alive, Author, Battle, Beyond, Blame, Blessings, Blood, Capability, Days, Done, Earthly Graves, Evil, Father's Feet, God, God Loves, Good, Hands Lift Up, Healing, Hearts, His Ways, His Will, Holy Praise, Hope, House, In the Name of, Jesus' Name, Lessons, Lived, Miracles, Name of the Father, Poetry and Poems, Praying, Promise, Receive, Resurrection Power, Save, Thankful, The Adversary, The Devil, The Son, The Spirit, True Defeat, Turn, Understood, Veins, Victory, Waking Moment | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Person May Cause Evil To Others Not Only By His Actions But By His Inaction, and In Either Case, He Is Justly Accountable To Them For the Injury

Posted on October 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” – John Stuart Mill, in On Liberty

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Accountable, Action, Cause, Either Case, Evil, First Principles, Inaction, Injury, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Others, Person | Leave a comment

The Black Book Blues

Posted on September 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Black Book Bluesby Michael DoyleA father’s handClutches his son’s bloodMired in the sandClotting in the mudCorruption is as corruption doesSome things never changeIt’s as bad as it ever wasSome things simply rearrangeAn honest man can’t always be niceNot when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bad As It Ever Was, Battles, Black Book, Blues, Broken, Brutal, Burn, Change, Clot, Clown, Corruption, Cost, Danger, Evil, Father's Hand, Good, Grief, Heart, Heartbreak, Hide, Honest Man, Incendiary, Integrity, Lesson, Light, Look, Memories, Mercies, Mercy, Mistake, Mud, None, Nowhere, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Price, Relief, Right, Run, Sand, Shown, Sight, Snare, Son's Blood, Spare, Stranger, Token, Tossed, Truth, Understood, Wink and Nudge, Youth | Leave a comment

Strength and Prosperity For Freedom

Posted on September 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Strength and Prosperity For Freedomby Michael DoyleThere is a foundation that truly servesTo give the America this nation deservesThough it doesn’t have much complexityDoing this will bring strength and prosperityThe road to freedom begins with cultured opportunityIt takes leadership to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Acrimony, Afghanistan, America, American Dream, American Readiness, American Troops, Ash Heap, Biden, Border-Changing Agression, Budgetary Flat Line, Capability, Champions of Freedom, Choices, Complexity, Cornerstones, Crime On the Border, Culture, Decline, Dedication, Deserve, Dignity, Dishonor, Downstream, Dreams and Hopes, Economy, Education, Evil, Fall, Flourish, Foundation, Freedom, Gas Prices, God's Gift, Happiness, Healthy Economy, History, Illuminate, Impression, Inflation, Innovation, ISIS, Law, Leadership, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Middle East, Military Readiness, Misery, Nourish, Opportunity, Parents, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Points, Politics, Poor, Possible, Principle, Prosperity, Protection, Proven, Putin, Questions, Restore, Road To Freedom, Roe v. Wade, Rule of Law, Sanctity of Life, Security, Specter, State Level, Strength, Strenth, Strong National Defense, The Left, Toxicity, Unalienable Rights, Understood, Waste, Weakness, Withdrawal, Wokeness | Leave a comment

First Principles: Evil Is Powerless If the Good Are Unafraid

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” – Ronald Reagan

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Evil, First Principles, Good, Powerless, Ronald Reagan, Unafraid | Leave a comment

A Child Never Walks Alone

Posted on August 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Child Never Walks Aloneby Michael DoyleOur sins will seek us outPutting holes in hearts to fill with doubtsIf evil wasn’t real, there’d be no need for GodThat’s a paradox that burns us, however oddThere in the ashes of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ashes, Blasphemy, Child, Christ's Child, Cry, Curses, Desires, Doubt, Dream, Evil, Fire, God, Hearts, Heaven, Holes, Hunger, Living Nightmare, Lust, Need, Odd, Paradox, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Present, Real, Remnants, Seek, Shadows, Sins, Stake, Under, Walks Alone, World | Leave a comment