Tag Archives: Gratitude

With Fresh Eyes

Posted on November 10, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

With Fresh Eyesby Michael DoyleAll of us have hurts with which we deal.We have to think and truly feel.Life comes with its share of drama.Each of us needs to recover from the trauma.We can’t just stuff it down under,Or it … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Blessings, Christianity, Cost, Drama, Faith, Fear, Feel, Fresh Eyes, God, Good, Gratitude, Hidden, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Lost, Merry-Go-Round, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Recovery, Strife, Suffering, Think, Thunder, Tragedy, Trauma, Winter's Wood | Leave a comment

To Embrace the Moments

Posted on November 6, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

To Embrace the Momentsby Michael DoyleLife is filled with moments to embrace.There is so much of life’s meaning to trace.All of this taken in builds the right attitude.It brings us face-to-face with gratitude.There is no such thing as a life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Beneath, Chaos, Confluence, Dream, Embrace, Face-To-Face, Good and Bad, Grateful Life, Gratitude, Happy Attitude, Intertwine, Life, Line, Meaning, Mix, Moment, Moments, Poetry and Poems, Pulls Us Through, Right Attitude, Strife, Torment, Trace, Ugly | Leave a comment

Eyes Opened To See

Posted on November 2, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Eyes Opened To Seeby Michael DoyleThere’s an art to living gratitude.It is transformative of our attitude.The habits you adopt as your own,As if nothing can bother the life you own.So much around us easily shatters.It comes down to what really … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Anger, Art, Attitude, Darkness, Eyes, Faith, Fear, Flourish, Gratitude, Grow, Habit, Harsshness, Know, Life, Love, Matter, Open, Poetry and Poems, Rebuild, Shatter, Transformation, True Power, Writing | Leave a comment

Resurrected Life

Posted on September 21, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Resurrected Lifeby Michael DoyleGratitude flows from the inside.This is the resurrected life that I can’t hide.The Word of God fuels the fireGiving all of us our holy desires.To do what pleases God within our dreams – The story of Joseph … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Dream, Evil, Faith, God, Good, Gratitude, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Intention, Jesus, Joseph, Life, Overflow, Poetry and Poems, Resurrection, Understanding, Word of God | Leave a comment

Lord of My Passing Days

Posted on August 27, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

Lord of My Passing Daysby Michael DoyleGod fights my battles first,Giving me a spiritual thirst.Inviting me to pray continually,I make my way to eternity.My battles are begun in prayer,Speaking my challenges to the God who cares.This then is how I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Battle, Care, Challenges, Continually, Days, Eternity, Fight, First, Glory, God, Gratitude, heartbeat, Lord, Morning, Night, Noise, Passing Days, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayer, Speak, Spiritual Thirst, Thousand Joys, Thunder, Wonder | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Gratitude Bestows Reverence, Allowing Us To Encounter Everyday Epiphanies, Those Transcendent Moments of Awe That Change Forever How We Experience Life and the World

Posted on July 27, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – John Milton

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Allow, Awe, Change, Encounter, Epiphany, Experience, Gratitude, John Milton, Life, Reverence, Thought For the Day, Transcendent Moments, World | Leave a comment

Thought For Today: Gratitude Makes Sense of Our Past, Brings Peace For Today, and Creates A Vision For Tomorrow

Posted on July 16, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Gratitude, Melody Beattiie, Past, Peace, Sense, Thought For Today, Today, Tomorrow, Vision | Leave a comment

My Weary Soul

Posted on July 8, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

My Weary Soulby Michael DoyleMy weary soul holds onto the night,Wondering how to get things right.Some can have such calloused pretense,But I won’t get lost in bitterness.Every day is a day for gratitude,I wake up with the right attitude.Knowing that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bitterness, Calloused Pretense, Celebratiion, Correction, Cost, Depths of Hell, Every Day, God, Grace, Gratitude, Holy Place, Humilty, Jesus, Liberty, Lst, My Weary Soul, Nation, Night, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayer, Release, Right Attitude, Riight, Saviior, Teach, Transgression, Wonder, World | Leave a comment

A Gentle Interpretation

Posted on May 12, 2026 by alohapromisesforever

A Gentle Interpretationby Michael DoyleSpiritual discipleship forms with rhythms of rest.It’s a life of humility, and not a free-flowing test.It is said that the Sabbath is silence and solitudeLived in willing apprentice and loving gratitude.The decision is made to live … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apprentice, Bible, Christianity, Discipleship, Faith, Gentle, God, Gratitude, Humllity, Hurry, Intentional, Interpretation, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Relatioinal, Rest, Solitude, Spirituality, Test, The Sabbath, Worry | Leave a comment

Sunny Rays For Better Days

Posted on November 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Sunny Rays For Better Daysby Michael DoyleAll around the neighborhood,It’s something understood.That it comes down to right attitude,And it comes down to gratitude.Glimpse by glimpse, behind the doors,We find friends we’ve come to adore.Though sometimes, it’s hard to forgive,But we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Better Days, Doors, Forgive, Friends, Glimpse, Gratitude, Hello, Hurt, Life, Live, Love, Neighborhood, Poetry and Poems, Relationships, Right Attitude, Sight, Sunny Rays, Undestood, Writing | Leave a comment