Tag Archives: Favor

Words To Think

Posted on January 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Words To Thinkby Michael DoylePraying for blessing and favorAll words linked, meant to savorIn a world changing fastSo many moments that do not lastIn this living age of accelerationWe find many moments of fascinationLiving moments of radical transformationPast a bygone … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Little More God, Acquitted, Age of Accelration, Anchor, Authenticity, Blame, Blessing, Careful, Changing Fast, Communicate, Cultivate, Curb, Days, Deceit, Depart, Despair, Discouragement, Discrete, Doubt, Encouragement, Fascination, Favor, Feel, Focus, Forest, Forgiver, Friend, God, Goodness, Guide, Harmony, Harness, Heard, Heart, Helpful, Horse, Indiscretion, Information, Inspiring, Intentional, Jump the River, Kindness, Know, Labels, Lame, Last, Legacy, Linked, Magnificience, Missteps, Moments, Necessary, Passions, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praying, Quit It, Radical Tarnsformation, Refrain, Reins, Relevance, Repair, Reveal, Right to Say It, Rudder, Saturate, Savor, Ship, Sinning, Slander, Slips, Smiles, Spark, Speak the Good, Speaking Poorly of Others, Steward, Stumble, Think, Thinking Lane, Tongue, Tongue's Desire, Transcendent, Truthful, Understand, Understood, Verbal Bombs, Walk, Ways, Wildfire, Wind, Winning, Words, World, Wreaking Havoc | Leave a comment

Wall of Ego

Posted on September 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Wall of Egoby Michael DoyleSelf righteous PhariseesAre often truth’s worst enemiesIn looking down on others, you miss the skiesSelf-deceived by our prideful, lying eyesMissing the mark of God, in favor of meBelieving myself the pilot of my lifeI mistake my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Say, Adds Up To Nothing, Arrogance, Aspire, Bad Habits, Blasphemy, Boastfulness, Celebration, Certain, Cheapens, Choose, Chord, Circle, Cognition, Compare, Compared Against, Complaints, Control, Cure, Define, Destination, Determine, Divinity, Driven, Enemies, Evaluation, Fault, Favor, Forget, Full-Blown, Gifted People, God, God Flow, Habit of the Heart, Heaven, Humbleness, Humility, Identity, Insist, Know, Life In the Spotlight, Living, Looking Down, Lose My Steps, Loud, Lying Eyes, Mature, Me, Miss, Missing the Mark, Mistake, Others, Part, Pharisees, Pilot of My Life, Poetry and Poems, Reality, Realize, Recognition, Replace, Respectability, Revealed, Second Nature, Self Given, Self Righteous, Self Sympathy, Self Worht, Self-Deceived, Self-Fascination, Skies, Spirituaity, Squeeze, Story, Stumble, Success, Superiority, Tale, Truth, Unneeded Strife, Victory, Walk, Walking Straight, Wall of Ego, Want To See | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: It Is the Job of A Judge To Resist Her Policy Preferences. It Would Be A Dereliction of Duty For Her To Give Into Them

Posted on October 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the job of a senator to pursue her policy preferences. In fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. By contrast, it is the job of a judge to resist her … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Core, Dereliction of Duty, Favor, Fear, Goals, Independently, Job, Judge, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Means, Oath, Policy Preferences, Political Branches, Pursue, Resist, Senator, Solemn, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Ordaining of Law In Favor of One Part of the Nation To the Prejudice and Oppression Of Another Is Certainly …Mistaken Policy

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Advantages, Another, Benjamin Franklin, Enjoy, Entitle, Equal Dispensation, Erroneous, Every Part, Favor, First Principles, Laws, Mistaken, One Part of the Nation, Oppression, Ordain, Policy, Prejudice, Privileges, Protection, Rights | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous Policy

Posted on March 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Advantage, Animosity, Another, Benjamin Franklin, Between, Dispensation, Equal, Favor, First Principles, History, Instance, Jealous, Law, Measures, Oppression, Ordain, People, Prejudice, Privileges, Protection, Rights, Ruin, State, Weaken, Whole | Leave a comment

First Principles: Freedom Can Only Exist In the Society of Knowledge

Posted on February 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is Favorable to liberty. Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Benjamin Rush, Confine, Equal, Exist, Favor, Few, First Principles, Fredom, Know, Knowledge, Learn, Liberty, Mankind, Rights, Society, Universal | Leave a comment

First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God

Posted on December 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ. It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Acknowledge, All, American, Benefits, Duty, Favor, First Principles, George Washington, God, Grateful, Humble, Implore, Jesus Christ, Learn, Nations, Obey, Protection, Providence, School, Students, Will | Leave a comment

Barbie and Barney Backlash

Posted on December 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It’s quite like me to pedal as fast as I can and still be a day behind and several dollars short. But that’s not going to stop me from living my days to their fullest. Yesterday, as it turns out … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accessorize, Arson, Backlash, Barbara Millicient Roberts, Barbie, Barney, Bash, Beauty, Blind, Box, Correction, Cutie, Dash, Day, Detection, Dinosaur, Epitome, Face, Favor, Fire, Fray, Girl, Home, Hotel, Idea, Inspection, Inspire, Ken Carson, Kind, Know, Last Words, Love, Magnificent, Malibu, Mattel, Nerve, Normal, One Size Fits All, Pardon, Perfection, Photo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pose, Poster, Purple, Sand, Savor, Serve, Shake, Space, Strike | Leave a comment

On This St Nicholas Day 2019

Posted on December 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Happiest of St Nicholas’ Days 2019! This is the day that I will forever and a day celebrate the beginning of the Christmas season. Though honestly, I believe the world would be all the better if we kept Christmas in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2019, Beautiful, Believe, Birth, Celebrate, Child, Christmas Season, Creed, Custom, December, Deeds, Door, Doubt, Faith, Faraway, Favor, First Light, Fortune, Gifts, Gladness, Good Deed, Good Name, Good News, Heart, Jesus, Legend, Live, Nicea, Night, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Poor, Poverty, Respect, Same, Santa, Seal, Shiver, Shoe, Sound, St Nicholas Day, Summer, Toys, Truth, Wolf | Leave a comment

First Principles: There Are No Necessary Evils In Government. Its Evils Exist Only In Its Abuses

Posted on October 3, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.” – Andrew Jackson

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Abuse, Andrew Jackson, Confine, Equal Protection, Favor, First Principles, Government, Heaven, High, Low, Necessary Evils, No, Poor, Rain, Rich, Unqualified Blessing | Leave a comment