Tag Archives: God

Transition Versus Change

Posted on April 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Transition Versus Changeby Michael DoyleThe Lord knows that it’s hard to growThe paths taken are hard to knowIn the midst of life’s transitionsIt takes a long time to make right decisionsThat change our lives as we needWhen we find our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Begin, Bold, Born, Chaff, Change, Choice, Conflict, Contact Sport, Contribution, Control, Decision, Disturbance, Dynamic, Fear, Foothold, Footing, Full-Flow, Fuller Meaning, Garden of Eden, God, Good fight, Grapple, Grow, Heal, Heavy Questions, Hesitation, Hold, Human Beings, Humanity, Insecurity, Know, Learning Curves, Letting Go, Light, Lord, Loss, Love's Embrace, Made Right, Navigation, Need, Own Space, Past Clings, Path, Poetry and Poems, Preparation, Processes, Redemption, Relationships, Resolution, Reveal, Rules, Satan, School, Seed, Series, Slow, Soul, Stay Alive, Strength, Survive, Theology, Transition, Truth, Unfold, Vengeance, Versus, Voice, Wheat, Whisper, Win-Win, Wrestle | Leave a comment

Self-Stirred To Capability

Posted on April 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Self-Stirred To Capabilityby Michael DoyleStepping up to live and serveI walk in more blessings than I deserveIn this faith, I grow and growLiving more love than I might knowGuilt and innocence is our cultureLitigious in nature is what we nurtureCaught … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abundance, Accounability, Answer, Artistry of God, Authenticity, Awarness, Best, Best Answers, Better, Blame, Blessings, Breath, Capability, Casting Blame, Chaos, Choices, Coached and Nurtured, Conceive, Confide, Confidence, Connection, Core, Culture, Cure, Dare, Disease, Distrubring, Due, Dynamic, Earth, Ease, Endure, Every Setting, Expression, Faith, Fate, Father's Kingdom, Feedback, Fierce Listener, Final Destination, Flow, Forgive, Four-Letter Word, Frame, Freedom, God, God's Love, Healthy, Hearts, Help, Humble, Image of God, Integrity, Interpersonal, Iron, Justification, Learning to Live, Legacy, Life, Life's Game, Listen, Litigious, Live Up, Lived Gently, Love, Make, Man's Search For Meaning, Measure, Ownership, Part-By-Part, Particpation, Path, Patience, Pause, Perceive, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Predictable, Probabilities, Pushing Through, Rationalization, Real-Time, Reconcile, Redemptive View, Reflection, Relationship, Rescue, Respond, Responsibility, Roll, Rusted Triangle, Self-Stireed, Sense, Shades of Blame, Shame, Sharpen, Side-By-Side, Societal Cancer, Spent, Stepping Up, Substantive, Take, Time, Triggered by, Troubles, Trust, Truth, Victim, Villain, Violation, Voices, Weight | Leave a comment

A Poem for Patriots Day 2023

Posted on April 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Poem For Patriots Day 2023by Michael DoyleIn the heart of every patriot rests a songIn our love of country, under God, as we belongThe foundations are strong and pillars are highAs long as Old Glory ripples across the skyOther … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2023, American Dream, Beauty, Belong, Bold, Brave, Centuries Old, Clarity of Reason, Coastal Gates, Dark Hour, Darkness, Deep, Dignity, Endure, Eternal Vigilance, Every Patriot, Fade, Faith, Fate, Foundations, Freedom, Future, God, Guard, Heart, High, Honor, Justice, Liberty, Light, Love of Country, Mankind's Troubles, Minds, Night, Nobility, Old Glory, Passing, Patriots, Patriots Day, Persevere, Pillars of a Healthy Society, Poetry and Poems, Power, Republic's Principles, Rule of Just Law, Secure, Song, Song of Our Nation, Stay, Stay Firm, Stream, Strong, The Course, The People, Under God, United, Virtuous, Without Fear | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That the Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Sense, Reason, and Intellect Has Intended Us To Forgo Their Use

Posted on April 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Endow, Feel, Forgo, Galilelo, Galileo Galilei, God, Intellect, Intend, Oblige, Reason, Sense, Thought For the Day, Use | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions; Watch Your Actions, They Become Habits

Posted on April 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw, paraphrasing a 19th Century English … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Actions, Character, Destiny, Frank Outlaw, Galatians 6:7, God, Habits, Mock, Reap, Sow, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Watch, Words | Leave a comment

Luke’s Account

Posted on April 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Luke’s Accountby Michael DoyleLuke’s account states with prevalenceAn account chocked with given evidenceOf what could not be sheer coincidenceFor what he witness first hand of providenceVivid and descriptive in its rich detailLuke presented the wealth of this tale456 prophecies which … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 456 Prophecies, Admission, Arrogance, Belief, Belong, Dead, Discrepancy, Easter Day, Embrace, Equal Truth, Evidence, Examine, Experts of Ignorance, Face-To-Face, Facts, Fulfill, God, God's Greater Glory, Holiest Moments, Human, Illogic, Impossibile, Improbable, Jesus, Living, Luke's Account, Metacognition, Mistake, Numbers, Objective, Poetry and Poems, Points of View, Prayer, Prevalence, Pride, Probability, Providence, Relief, Revealed, Rich Detail, Right and Wrong, Skepticism, Stone Rolled Away, Tale, Tears, Theology, Weight, Witness, Years | Leave a comment

Happy Palm Sunday 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

As we begin this Holy Week, I am blessed to have the presence of my two daughters that I love more than all the world. God blessed my ex-wife and I with their lives being shared with us and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Beauty, Blessed, Blossom, Compassion, Daughters, Deepest lesson, Different, Earthly Plane, Existence, God, Grace, Happy Palm Sunday 2023, Holy Week, Joy, Love, Moment, Reflect, Reflection, Share, Thought For the Day, Unique Attributes, Young Ladies | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Understanding A Person Does Not Mean Condoning; It Only Means That One Does Not Accuse Him As If One Were God Or A Judge Placed Above Him

Posted on March 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Above, Accuse, Condone, Erich Fromm, God, Judge, Person, Thought For the Day, Understand | Leave a comment

First Principles: We know That In All Things God Works For the Good of Those Who Love Him, Who Have Been Called According To His Purpose

Posted on March 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8: 28

Posted in First Principles | Tagged According, All Things, Called, First Principles, God, Good, Know, Love, Purpose, Romans 8:28, We, Work | Leave a comment

A Gentle Surrender To Greatness

Posted on February 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Gentle Surrender To Greatnessby Michael DoyleWhile it’s known that greed killsIt is also generosity that healsThere is no out giving God for givingStarting with salvation and our forgivingTrusting God with what’s in our handsIs the traced path that God … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brilliance, Double-Edged Sword, Elijah, Forgiving, Generosity, Gentle, Giving, God, Greatness, Greed, Heals, Heroes of Faith, Home, Kills, Poetry and Poems, Relevant, Resilience, Seek, Slavation, Struggle, Surrender, Trust, Wise | Leave a comment