Tag Archives: Grace

No Victim of My Circumstances

Posted on February 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

No Victim of My Circumstancesby Michael DoyleOn the mountains, in the sun raysIt’s your name that I praiseIn the green valley far belowIt is all your creation, and I knowSharing what I know of your graceThese are you living ways … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessings, Blood of Jesus Christ, Born, Cheer, Circumstances, Clear, Creation, Darkness, Days, Deeds, Embrace, Fear, Flow, Follow, Grace, Green Valley, Heart, Know, Lead, Light, Living Ways, Lord of My Life, Mountains, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Reins, Share, Source, Sun Rays, The God of Second Chances, Veins, Victim, Victory, World, Your Love, Your Name | Leave a comment

A Study On Faith

Posted on February 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Study On Faithby Michael DoyleListening in on a deep conversationI was maybe a little disturbed by my fascinationSpeaking on Paul’s missionIt’s interesting how grace and peace breed compassionHere as we sit and openly thinkPaul’s reasoning brings us to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approach, Bible, Blessings, Bountiful, Calming Influence, Capable, Challenge, Change, Church, Clouds of Doubt, Comfort, Compassion, Conflict, Control, Damaged Souls, Deceived, Deep Conversation, Disturbed, Faith, Fascination, Gap, Garden, God, God's Peace, Grace, Growth, Harshness, Heal, His Love, Impossibility, Inside Out, Intention, Jesus, Keep, Learn, Legalistic Conceptions, Life's Lessons, Light, Listen, Merit, Navigate, Poetry and Poems, Rawness, Rearrange, Reasoning, Received, Religion, Repentance, Return, Right, Right Relationship, Ritual, School, Sin, Skin-Deep, Struggle, Study, Surrender and Acceptance, Transparent, Understanding, Wonderful, Wrong | Leave a comment

Benediction For A New Day

Posted on January 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Benediction For A New Dayby Michael DoyleIf it isn’t too demandingMight we live in peace and understandingWith opened eyes might we seeThe path walked within divinityThe wooded trace is sacred groundWaiting for its holiness to be foundWith every step each … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absent, Benediction, Better, Bring, Demanding, Divinity, Every Song, Every Step, Everything, Eyes, God, Grace, Gratitude, Holiness, Hope, Life, Live, Long Road, Love, Mercy, Mistakes, New Day, Nothing, Path, Peace and Understanding, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Sacred Ground, Sing, Soar, Spirits, Walk Together, Walked This Way Before, Wooded Trace | Leave a comment

Shalom Charis

Posted on January 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Shalom Charisby Michael DoyleJarred by the fires that burnBroken hearted as we learnThe sorrow of this seasonWe extend our love beyond reasonCalled to be holy through graceWe keep our eyes on God’s faceA spiritual gift is shown with careGod’s love … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abounding, Abundant, Bible, Broken Hearted, Burn, Called, Care, Christianity, Community, Completeness, Darkest Hour, Devastation, Done, Embrace, Faith, Fires, Fix, Forgiven, God, God's Face, God's Family, God's Ways, Good News, Grace, Hang Tough, Head, Heart, His Will, Holy, Holy Conversation, Jarred, Jesus, Learn, Love, Marked By God, Overlfowing, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Power, Priority, Reveal, Serenity, Shalom Charis, Shape, Share, Sorrow, Spiritual Gift, Talk, Unashamed, Unmerited Favor, Walk, World's Strife | Leave a comment

In the Snows of France

Posted on January 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In the Snows of Franceby Michael DoyleDoc was a medicRunning from hole to holeThere wasn’t a foxWho didn’t know his soulThe Germans kept comingWith machine guns drummingSounding off in the darkest nightThe 101st prayed for the morning lightA little drip … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 101st Airborne, Amaze, Battle, Brave, Company, Dead Men, Doc, Dreams, End, Falling Snow, Foxhole, France, Friends, Grace, Half-Alive, Hard Rain, Hold On, Hope, Kill and Die, Know, Lucky, Machine Guns, Man, Medic, Medics, Morning, Morphine, Mortar Rounds, Night, Numbered Days, On the Move, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Rememver, Secret, Shelling, Snow, Soul, Surgeon, Survive, The Boys, Virgin, Wounded, Young Man | Leave a comment

God’s Good Purpose

Posted on December 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

God’s Good Purposeby Michael DoyleIt is less about the should-nessThen it is about the goodnessGod is gracious despite our deedsIn His inspiration, He sows good seedsAbounding in love, He reachesWith mercy, He quietly teachesAll the growth that we can growTo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged God, Good Purpose, Goodness, Grace, Growth, Hearts Broken, Inspiration, Know, Love, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Reach, Teach, Wisdom Spoken | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: To Be Grateful Is To Recognize the Love of God In Everything He Has Given Us – and He Has Given Us Everything

Posted on December 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Awakening, Difference, Every Breath, Every Moment, Everything, Existence, Experience, Gift, God, Good, Goodness, Grace, Graces, Grateful, Grateful Person, Gratitude, Hearsay, His Love, Praise, Recognize, Take Nothing For Granted, The Love of God, Thomas Merton, Thought For the Day, Unresponsive, Wonder | Leave a comment

Star-Fall

Posted on December 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Star-Fallby Michael DoyleMy impulsive thoughts intrudeEven as I raise my hands in gratitudeArms wide open, I look aboveIn my experience of God’s loveI sing hallelujah in my loudest voiceLifting up my songs, I picked through my choicesKnowing all that you’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, All, Answer, Arms, Call, Choice, Days, Experience, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Hands, Heavenly Embrace, Humanity, Humility, Impulsive Thoughts, Jesus, Lift, Lost, Love, Poetry and Poems, Praises, Songs, Soul, Star-Fall, Surrender, Voice, Wide Open | Leave a comment

Like A Velvet Snare

Posted on December 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Like A Velvet Snareby Michael DoyleShe looked at meWith the eyes of an angelI was worried there’d beSome kind of angleI put my guard upShe dropped it with a smileBefore I knew what was upThere could be no denialI knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air, Angel, Angle, Beyond, Bond, Common, Curiosity, Deep Look, Denial, Do-It-Yourself, Each Other's Face, Eternity, Eyes, Feeling, Forward, Gone, Grace, Guard, Her Man, Innuendo, Knew, Life's Journey, Life's Window, Look, Nobility, Our Hearts, Poetry and Poems, Question, Sensuality, Sepcial, Simple, Smile, Snare, Soul, Subtle Habits, Tale, Tone, Touch, Velvet, Velvet Snare, What Was Up, Wish, Worry | Leave a comment

A Broken Family Finds Healing

Posted on December 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Broken Family Finds Healingby Michael DoyleEmotions are relational in graceAs we love others in our embraceWe’re all dysfunctional as we striveIn God’s family, we will surviveEnriched by the joy that we shareIn every moment that we show we careLiturgical … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abraham, Advent, Belief, Bible, Broken Family, Broken Heart, Canaan, Care, Craziness, Deep Meaning, Descendants, Dysfuncational, Embrace, Emotions, Extraordinary, Faith, Family, Family Tree, Geneology, God, God's Call, God's Family, Grace, Greatest Story, Healing, History, Human Being, Importance, Impression, Intention, Jesus, Joy, Liturgical, Love, Nation, Ordinary, Pain, Passages, Path, Poetry and Poems, Proximity, Relational, Salvation, Set Apart, Strive, Survive, The Church, The Law, Theology, Times, Traces, Truth, Unfold, Vain, Wisdom, World's Breeze | Leave a comment