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Christ As Cornerstone
Today is, of course, Christmas Eve. As such Happy Christmas Eve to everyone from Aloha Promises Forever to each and everyone kind enough to spend a little time reading this blog of sorts. It’s much appreciated. Christ As Cornerstone by … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Aloha Promises Forever, Alone, Beautiful, Believe, Bounty, Carol, Children, Chirstmas Tree, Christ, Christian, Christmas Eve, Cornerstone, Cruciform, Dust, Earth, Eden, Embrace, Eternal, Exile, Eye, Father, Fir, Free, Freedom, Garment, Gift, Glory, God, Graft, Ground, He, Heart, Heaven, Home, Jingle Bells, Kingdom, Life, Light, Mine, Night, Pass, Photograph, Pine, Place, Poem, Poetry, Puppet, Purpose, Reflect, Salvation, Secret, Shine, Smile, Snow, Son, Soul, Sound, Sting, Storm, Stranger, Tinsel, Treasure, Tree, Turn, Twinkle, Upright, Vine, Walk, Wind, Window
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Thought For the Day: In the End, It’s Not the Years In Your Life That Count. It’s the Life In Your Years
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Count, End, Life, Thought For the Day, Years
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Ruined Absolution
This poem was meant for December 19, 2019. This is, among other observances, National Emo Day.. So Happy that… In my own confessional, I am struggling a bit these last few days with my upcoming birthday, Christmas almost here and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absence, Absolution, Afraid, Angst, Bangs, Beautiful, Brithday, Burn, Care, Chemical Romance, Christmas, Compression, Confession, Confessional, Contemplate, Dark, December 19 2019, Die, Do It Or Die, Embrace, Emotional, Escape, Expression, Fall, Fraught, Glance, Hair, Happy, Hollywood, Human Being, Ink, Inspiration, Intropective, Jet Black, Life, Little Girls, Love, National Emo Day, Nothing, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Question, Ruin, Savage, Sigh, Silence, Skinny Jeans, Sleeve, Smile, Something, Sonic Attack, Sorrow, Stride, Structure, Sunday, Taste, Tee Shirt, Tenderness, Thin, Think, Violence, Violin, Want, World, Yesterday
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First Principles: The God Who Gave Us Life Gave A Liberty
“The God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” – Thomas Jefferson
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Tagged Conviction, First Principles, Gift, God, Liberty, Life, Nation, Secure, Thomas Jefferson
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In Preparation For Journey
Another poem from the sermons on the dock series: In Preparation For Journey by Michael Romani In the preparation for journey There are steps meant for me Putting my house in order is right As I approach Heaven’s light To … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Approach, Belong, Breath, Christian, Clung, Engrave, Foundation, Heaven, Home, Hope, House In Order, Inspiration, Journey, Know, Life, Light, Pass, Photograph, Plan, Poem, Poetry, Preparation, Right, Righteousness, Satisfaction, Stone, Tight
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Thought For the Day: We Make A Living By What We Get, But, We Make A Life By What We Give
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
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Tagged Get, Give, Life, Living, Make, Thought For the Day, We, Winston Churchill
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Urban Christianity
A Sunday sort of poem… Urban Christianity by Michael Romani Fully formed in my Christianity I have come to belief quite rationally But, also find it credible emotionally Bit by bit, I have been ratifying These things of belief, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Agrarian, Alive, Answer, Axiom, Belief, Big Questions, Christianity, Claim, Community, Conclude, Contemporary, Controversy, Credible, Cross, Deceive, Define, Earn, Emotionally, Equality, Essence, Evidence, Evil, Faith, Fight, Form, Gift, God, Grief, Human, Injustice, Is, Job, Just, Leap of Faith, Legacy, Life, Live, Logic, Mentality, Mercy, Moment, Morality, Nature, Office Hours, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Ratify, Rational, Reality, Reason, Receive, Relief, Respect, Satisfy, Science, Season, Sincere, Soul, Standard, Strong, Suffer, Sunday, Supernatural, Survive, Transcendent, Truism, Trust, Truth, Tussle, Understate, Understood, Urban, Youth
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Thought For the Day: True Wisdom Comes At Realizing How Little We Understand About Life, Ourselves and the World Around Us
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.” – Socrates
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Tagged Life, Ourselves, Realize, Socrates, Thought For the Day, True Wisdom, Understand, Us, We, World
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A Ninja’s Ways
Rumor has it that a burger place is behind December 5th being named International Ninja Day! I think the odds are this is true. But it doesn’t change a thing about how I’m choosing to see it. 🙂 A Ninja’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Attention, Battle, Being, Bond, Calm, Carry, Center, Day, December 5th, Deep, Deference, Endure, Enemy, Enlighten, Escape, Essence, Fight, Higher Truth, Impure, International Ninja Day, Key, Late, Life, Meaning, Motion, Ninja, Ninpo, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prevail, Right Intention, Rumor, Significance, Soul, Spiritual, Stealth, Thoughtful, True, Way, Won, Word
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Thought For the Day: To Discover the Truth and Achieve A Higher Spiritual State Is the True Meaning of Ninja
“Looking for the meaning of life, one man can discover the order of the universe. To discover the truth, to achieve. a higher spiritual state, that is the true meaning of ninja.” – Masaaki Hatsumi
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Tagged Achieve, Discover, Higher Spirtual State, Life, Look, Man, Masaaki Hatsumi, Meaning, Ninja, Order, Thought For the Day, True Meaning, Truth, Universe
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