Tag Archives: Glory

Moving Forward

Posted on March 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Moving Forwardby Michael DoyleLiving the world’s way is often a lossIt is at best, a coin tossTo die and live again in our relationshipMoves beyond the wisdom of our worshipIt’s unshakeable in this accomplishmentOur lives are redeemed in their improvementWalking … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishment, Alive, Breath, Broken Tendencies, Christ's Power, Coin Toss, Consequence, Die, Dying To Sin, Fallen, Freedom, Glory, Goodness, Grace, Holiness, Improvement, Justification, Live Again, Loss, Moving Forward, Poetry and Poems, Providence, Redeem, Relationship, Reverence, Roads, Sanctification, Savior Calling, Sin, Sin's Slavery, Spiritual Genetics, Thrive, Unshakable, Wisdom, World's Way, Worship | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Also Glory In Our Sufferings, Because We Know That Suffering Produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character; Character, Hope

Posted on March 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“(W)e also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” – Romans 5:3-4

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Balance of Power

Posted on February 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Balance of Powerby Michael DoyleYour people came to my peopleWith all of their demandsBefore we knew what coexistence meantWe had lost all our sacred landsWe were offered the peaceThat can only be called brutalityAs we were savagely rounded upBy your … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrival, Balance of Power, Bline, Brutality, Children of Legacy, Coexistence, Conquest, Dead, Dignity, Dimension, Dramedy, Family, Fight For Survival, Frederick Turner Jackson, Future, Glory, Great Spirit, History, Manifest Destiny, Message, My People, Native Amerca, Native Community, Necks, Oral Story, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Purposeful Action, Recovery, Relevant, Revitalization, Rounded Up, Sacred Lands, Shape, Sovereignty, Starve and Bleed, Steeple, Story, Teach and Read, Test, Tradition, Trauma, Wampum Belts, Wilderness, Winter, Your People | Leave a comment

The Truth of Why We Fight

Posted on January 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

The Truth of Why We Fightby Michael DoyleIn different timesHow might it end?Could it have beenWe might have been good friends?Your job and mineHere on the frontlineIt’s a killing job to be doneYet, you are somebody’s sonThere is the truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bad Guys, Beware, Courtyard, Death, Die, Different Times, Done, End, Enemy Territory, Fight, Frontline, Glory, Good Friends, Good Guys, Hard, Jumping, Killing Business, Killing Job, Life, Mine, Moral, My Story, Name, Old, Poetry and Poems, Question Why, Rubble, Shame, Somebody's Son, String Quartet, Told, Truth, Wrong or Right, Your Job | Leave a comment

Inauguration (January 20, 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading →

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First Principles: For Although They Knew God, They Neither Glorified Him As God Nor Gave Thanks To Him, But their Thinking Became Futile and Their Foolish Hearts Were Darkened

Posted on January 19, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened” – Romans 1: 21

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First Principles: The Bravest Are Surely Those Who Have the Clearest Vision of What Is Before Them, Glory and Danger Alike, and Yet Notwithstanding, Go Out To Meet It

Posted on January 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” – Thucydides

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Beyond the Meaning

Posted on December 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Beyond the Meaningby Michael DoyleIn the midst of all this festivitySome reflect on the NativityHow somewhere beyond the meaningGod came to dwell among us human beingsMost of us have heard the Christmas storyAnd how God shined on us with His … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beyond, Christmas Story, Festivity, Glory, God, Human Beings, Meaning, Messiah, Nativity, Poetry and Poems | Leave a comment

Christmas and Its Dysfunctions

Posted on December 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Christmas and Its Dysfunctionsby Michael DoyleLife around Christmas can be crazyThough the reasons why can feel hazyThe story of Christmas continues on and onIn versions of dreams from just beyondBut with family, it comes togetherWith every improvised verse, it just … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aggravaation, Better, Beyond, Bruised Knees, Christmas, Christmas Lights, Conjunction, Crazy, Crazy Nights, Dreams, Drink, Dysfunction, Family, Fights, Glory, Guitar, Happy Christmas, Hazy, Holiday Lights, Holidays, Improvised Verse, Jesus, Kissed, Love, Missed, Open Invitation, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Romance, Sealed, Small Talk, Smile, Stars, Story, Strings, Strum, Superstar, Together, While, Window, Wounded Keys | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Best and Only Safe Road To Honor, Glory, and True Dignity Is Justice

Posted on December 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.” – George Washington (1779)

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