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Getting Out of My Way
John 12:23-28 Getting Out of My Way by Michael Romani Every day, I ask God to change my heart To please do away with my worse parts To please make me the sort of ever true That is closer to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adversary, Battle, Carnality, Clay, Confession, Cross, Glory, Gratitude, Hindrance, Holy, Humility, Knees, Mold, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potter, Prayer, Redemption, Resurrection, Satan, Self Correction, Self Denial, Service, Son of Man
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Rebel
Having done almost nothing consequential Hillary approached wishing to be presidential Her party groomed her with soft platitudes But not enough to make up for her attitudes While an outsider came along to Trump her Leaving her in a frenzied … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged American Ghost, Attitudes, Consequential, Daily Prompt, Duty, Elite, Fools, Gratitude, Hillary Clinton, Indulgence, Land of the Free and the Brave, Make America Great Again, Patriotism, Platitudes, Presidential, Rebel, Save, Serve, Trump, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Notable
There’s a rumor that it’s notable And perhaps even noticeable That fame comes to those who strive And not often to those who are merely alive There remains just one thing you see How to be famous and yet keep … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Daily Prompt, Dignity, Fame, Gratitude, Humility, Notable, Perspective, Platitude, Potable, Rumor, Strive, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Crank
With a turn of the crank There was no one to thank But the God of this world Who keeps our toes curled While the whole place Takes up only a tiny space In being our everything Cosmically inclined to … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Balance, Blessings, Chorus, Crank, Daily Prompt, God, Gratitude, Place, Space, Undone, Universal Mind, Wordpress
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Toxic
Not that you should rely strictly on my advice But, I think it truth enough to openly say That there is something toxic to the thin ice So dangerous to our happiness day to day The things that we say … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Advice, Complication, Daily Prompt, Danger, Golden Rule, Gratitude, Play Nice, Reasonableness, Said, Thin Ice, Toxic, Truth, Wordpress
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First Anniversary
I want to take this moment to commemorate Aloha Promises Forever’s first anniversary of our blog. I say our because although Ally and my relationship has changed hugely, she has been and remains a source of encouragement and inspiration. Thank … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Blog, Changes, First Anniversary, Gratitude, Journey
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Courage
Bravely into the smoke without much hope they went No time to pause but purposely into needed ascent Above the fold, you’ll find the moments of courage Dignified into the tears cried dripping onto the page Even in these darkest … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged 9/11, Brave, Courage, Daily Prompt, First Responders, Gratitude, Heroes, History, Humanity, News, Reverence, Tragedy, Wordpress
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Rules of Femininity
Rules of Femininity by Michael There is something best told Directly and with complete clarity Of how the unspoken happens and unfolds With greatest inadvertent transparency That femininity has its own set of rules That which they don’t teach at … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Circumstances, Clarity, Empower, Femininity, Gratitude, Helplessness, Observations, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Princes, Princesses, Rules, Towers, Transparency, Violated
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Thankfulness Takes Root
Based on a sermon around Romans 1:21 Thankfulness Takes Root by Michael Romani It’s not so hard to say Is it brother? Thank you God every day Do you feel it, brother? Every moment passes by And I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Attitude, Blessings, Book of Romans, Created, Creator, Faithfulness, Gratitude, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Right Relationship, Thankfulness
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