Tag Archives: Hope

A New Nation Born Pt I

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Self Rule Rises

Posted on March 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series on American history: Self Rule Rises by Michael Doyle From the High Middle Ages, society had a transformation As Calvin and Luther led the church’s reformation In a faithful take befitting the Bible’s explanation Making these … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1775, Abolish, Act, Ages, America, American, American History, American Revolution, American Way, Americanism, Arise, Armada, Aspiration, Bemusement, Bible, Bleed, Calvin, Catholic, Change, Charity, Church, Church of England, Colony, Common Law, Common Sense, Commonwealth, Concord, Confluence, Consent, Constraint, Contiental Congress, Corruption, Culture, Declaration of Independence, Determinism, Dispensation, Disruption, Divine Right, Document, Element, English Company, Evangelical, Exodus, Experiment, Faith, Foundation, Fragmentation, French and Indian War, Frustration, Fuse, Glorious Revolution, God, Govern, Government, Great Enlightenment, Harmonize, Henry the Eighth, High Middle Ages, History, Holiness, Hope, Ideal, Independence, Influence, Intent, Interpretation, Jamestown, Justification, Lay Model, Lexington, Liberty, Light, Luther, Mentality, Mind, Misery, Mission, Monarchy, Nation, New England, Nurture, Old School, Passion, Permission, Photograph, Pilgrim, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pragmatism, Present, Private Property, Promised Land, Protect, Puritan, Purpose, Reason, Reformation, Reinvent, Relationship, Representation, Resistance, Restatement, Right, Royal Family, Sages, Self Rule, Sentiment, Signature, Skepticism, Society, Solidarity, Spain, Taxation, The Great Awakening, The People, Tobacco, Top Down, Trace, Tradition, Transformation, Treasury, Tryanny, Unite, Utopia, Vain, Vein, Vice, Wilderness, Wisdom, Worship, Zeal, Zion | Leave a comment

Stars Align & Connect

Posted on March 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Her mind is a lot on the future and how that will be. I would lie if I said mine isn’t as well. Wrote this with real hope despite feeling a bit ill. Stars Align & Connect by Michael Doyle … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Align, Alone, Ambiance, Bold, Candlelight, Caught, Champagne, Connect, Cuddle, Dots, Dream, Emotions, Energy, Expectations, Face to Face, Fairy Tale, Free Fall, Future, Hesitation, Hope, Love, Magic, Mind, Moments, Next, Organic, Pace, Path, Petals, Photograph, Physical, Picture, Poem, Poetry, Question, Romantic, Rose, Soiree, Stars, Synergy, Talk, Touch, Touched, Understand, Unreal, Zone | Leave a comment

On the Importance of True History

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How did an intellectual fraud like Howard Zinn become the go to guy for American history in our public schools? It’s sort of outrageous. I remember when I was of a different mindset and more open to his … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Analysis, Battlefields, Been, Best, Better, Bible, Blood, Bloody, Books, Celebration, Children, Choice, Circumstance, Civilization, Cognitive, Complexity, Consent, Context, Criticism, Decision, Deconstruction, Destruction, Direction Observation, Distortion, Enmesh, Examine, Eyes, Fail, Fate, Finest Hours, Fix, Fixed, Forget, Fragile, Freedom, Frontier, Good, Governed, Gun, Happenstance, History, Hope, Howard Zinn, Illustration, Important, Inquiry, Insight, Intellectual Fraud, Judgment, Lesson, Liberty, Light, Long Ago, Loss, Manipulate, Mankind, Moments, Mortal Needs, Muddy, Nation, New World, Observation, Old World, Optimisim, Past, Path, Perspective, Pieces, Poem, Poetry, Power, Present, Price, Recall, Reflective, Revolution, Right, Sacrifice, Search, Skew, Snapshot, Social, Soul, Sown, Suffice, Think, Time, Treasure, True, Truth, Twin, Unfold, War, When, Whole, Willing, Wise | Leave a comment

First Principles: However Weak Our Country May Come To Be, I Hope We Never Sacrifice Our Liberties

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“However weak our country may be, I hope we shall never sacrifice our liberties.” – Alexander Hamilton

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Be, Country, First Principles, Hope, Liberty, Never, Sacrifice, Weak | Leave a comment

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2020

Posted on March 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Despite all that has come to pass it would be in my opinion almost sacrilegious not to wish all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2020!! May God’s soft rain fall on you always to allow the flowers of your … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 2020, Benefit, Blessing, Bloom, Every Moment, Faith, Flower, God, Happy St Patrick's Day, Hope, Keep Safe, Life, Light, Love, Others, Soft Rain, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Pandemic 2020

Posted on March 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The days are dark but we will get through this. Pandemic 2020 by Michael Doyle Mass graves mark the passing through Of the last major outbreak of flu There are not moments relegated to history But a devastating part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Again, Answer, Arc, Atheist, Breath, Bring, Clock, Computation, Contamination, Covoid 19, Cure, David, Day, Defy, Desperate, Devestate, Endure, Fail, Fataility, Fatal, Flaw, Flu, Global, Goliath, Hard, History, Hope, Human, Human Welfare, If, Immunity, Immunization, Incubation, Infinite, Knees, Life, Light, Mass Graves, Mistake, Moments, Monster, Mortality, Mutation, Mystery, Novel, One, Outbreak, Pandemic, Pass, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Pray, Rapid, Real, Research, Reveal, Rise, Risk, Say, Sling, Tick, Truth, Universal, Variation, Virus, Warfare, When, Worse | Leave a comment

Finding Joy In the Tears

Posted on March 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Ecclesiastes 3:4: https://flic.kr/p/gsQDkz Finding Joy In the Tears by Michael Doyle In looking back on my many years I am finding joy in the tears There in the sweet music for my ears Is the finding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Answer, Belief, Believe, Born, Comfort, Conceive, Contemplation, Cry, Cure, Deceive, Devil, Doubt, Ears, Ecclesiastes, Find, Flash, Gone, Grieve, Hope, Joy, Laugh, Laughter, Life, Live, Love, Meaning, Moments, Mourn, Mourning, Music, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Possible, Pray, Redemption, Relief, Reply, Secret, Smile, Strength, Stress, Sweet, Tears, Think, Tomorrow, While, Why, Years, Yesterday, Your Love | Leave a comment

Jesus Wept (Ephphatha)

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

God took the form of man and lived experiencing all that we do. In so doing, He experienced all of our feelings. Based in part on John 11:38: Jesus Wept (Ephphatha) by Michael Doyle One of the best secrets never … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agony, Angst, Beyond, Blood, Brokenness, Cacophony, Childbirth, Circle, Clear, Comfort, Convey, Courage, Deaf, Dealt, Deep, Deeply, Depth, Deserve, Despite, Divinity, Ears, Earth, Eden, Embrace, Ephphatha, Experience, Fallen, Family, Father, Feeling, Felt, Garden, Gethsemane, Glimpse, God, Grief, Groan, Hear, Heaven, Home, Hope, Humanity, Jesus, John, Loss, Lost, Man, Measure, Melody, Memory, Mercy, Mirth, Miss, Moan, Mortal, Move, Mud, Open, Outspokenness, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Redemption, Regain, Relief, Remember, Secret, Sin, Sound, Steady, Storm Cloud, Symphony, Teach, Tears, Touch, True North, Truth, Vain, Way, Wept, Within, Words, Worth | Leave a comment

First Principles: In the Struggle For Liberty, Be Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Beast, Eyes, First Principles, Hope, Illusion, Know, Liberty, Mankind, Natural, Pain, Patrick Henry, Provide, Salvation, Shut, Spirit, Struggle, Temporary, Transform, Truth, Virginia Convention, Whole, Wise Men | Leave a comment