Tag Archives: Heart

Virtue and Disobedience

Posted on October 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Virtue and Disobedienceby Michael DoylePainting away your dayAs old records playEach portrait painted with feelingIs nothing less than soul-revealingThat is to say about the painters’ waysNot of the sitter, despite honoring his daysSpending time on crafting the right impressionThis is … Continue reading →

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For Me and You

Posted on September 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

For Me and Youby Michael DoyleNo one has really asked my adviceBut I’ve seen lightning strike twiceEveryone’s part is more than necessaryTo be heard is not something contraryWe need to speak out on what we’ve heardWe need to share what … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Alone, Behind, Believe, Better, Bridge, Broke My Heart, Build, Clock, Contrary, Cried, Cross, Do, Each Other, Faith and Love, Fates, Find, For Me and You, Gods, Hands, Heard, Heart, Home, Know, Lied, Lightning, Necessary, Need, New World, No One, Occur, Our Place, Part, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Share, Sigh, Speak, Through, Time, Together, True, Twice | Leave a comment

Speaking In Tongues

Posted on September 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Speaking In Tonguesby Michael DoyleI’ve been speaking in tonguesSeems like ever since I was youngSaying things that make you thinkStraight up to the edge of a blinkThinking those things we shouldn’t sayThat’s how I roll in my day-to-dayIf you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arise, Bitten, Blink, Blowing Wind, Carry On, Children, Content, Day-To-Day, Death, Dege, Eat You Up, Edge, Face, Fear, Friend, Gaze, Gone, Heart, Hope, Know, Listen, Live, Lone Trail, Look, Look Around, New Dreams, Poetry and Poems, Read, Remains, Rising Sun, Roll, Rolling On, Saying Things, Shouldn't Say, Show, Silence, So Much, Speak, Speaking In Tongues, State, Still Here, Straight Up, Tallest Peak, Think, To Be Done, Wonder, Written, Young, Your Eyes | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Word of God Is Alive and Active. Sharper Than Any Double-Edged Sword, It Penetrates Even To Dividing Soul and Spirit, Joints and Marrow

Posted on September 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Active, Alive, Divide, Double-Edged Sword, First Principles, Heart, Hebrews 4:12 (NIV), Joints and Marrow, Judge, Penetrate, Sharp, Soul and Spirit, Thoughts and Attitudes, Word of God | Leave a comment

A Little Bit Country

Posted on September 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Little Bit Countryby Michael DoyleRolling down the back roadGoing places, I’ve been toldHold to the roots of this nationBeyond the small towns lay my destinationMom-and-pop stores dotting the placesFinding myself in these pleasant tracesI found myself looking easy halfway … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Back Road, Destination, Dot, Empathy, Even Flow, Every Note, Every Note and Word, Expressed Plainly, Heart, Little Bit Country, Look, Lot of Life, Melody, Mom-and-Pop Stores, Nation, Noon, Places, Pleasant Traces, Poetry and Poems, Radio, Rolling Down, Roots, Sentimental, Singing Along, Small Town, Small Towns, Smooth Truth, Songs, Spotify, Told, Tune, Turn, Turning, Words | Leave a comment

Moments Like John Muir

Posted on September 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Moments Like John Muirby Michael DoyleSometimes, the city’s too many facesIt makes me dream of faraway placesWhere my heart can fade into the nightTraces of beauty replace blinding lightTimes in the wilderness are best for meSometimes, it’s a matter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Best Moments, Blinding Light, Body and Soul, Bouquet, Build, City, Clarity, Cool Streams, Country, Dirt Paths, Doorway, Dream, Face, Faraway Places, Forest, Glens, Good, Good Tidings, Heal, Heart, Hidden Country, Jagged Edge, John Muir, Moments, Mountain Peaks, Mountains, Necessity, Night, Passing Days, Peace, Pines, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Restore, Return, Sanctuary, Scent, Seek, Shaken, Sincerity, Stay, Strife, Stroll, Times, Trace, Unmistaken, Wilderness, Wildflowers, Wilds, Woods | Leave a comment

First Principles: Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Our Laws, and Habits…It Is Founded On Morals and Religion Whose Authority Reigns In the Heart

Posted on August 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs … Continue reading →

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If It Wasn’t For Courage

Posted on August 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

If It Wasn’t For Courageby Michael DoyleOn the other side lies paradiseThe captain offers his best adviceAs his pirate crew readies for the fightWho knows how many will live until the morning lightReady the muskets and say your last prayerAs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Advice, Battle, Captain, Courage, Destiny, Eternity, Fight, Flight, Grave Insult, Ground, Hangman's Noose, Heart, Journey, Judgment Day, Last Prayer, Live, Morning Light, Muskets, Other Side, Paradise, Pirate Crew, Poetry and Poems, Power, Primal Urge, Result, Stare, Start, Steps, Struggle, Survival, Timing, Trial | Leave a comment

On Turning 17

Posted on August 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Turning 17by Michael DoyleThe days crawl slowly on one by oneAnd your birthday is past and doneI am still thinking on what it meansThat my baby girl has turned seventeenWasn’t it only just yesterdayThat you entered this world’s wayLaying … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Strange How Often A Heart Must Be Broken Before the Years Can Make It Wise

Posted on August 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.”- Sara Teasdale

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Before, Broken, Heart, Often, Sara Teasdale, Strange, Thought For the Day, Wise, Years | Leave a comment