Tag Archives: Lion

Season of the Lamb

Posted on November 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Season of the Lambby Michael DoyleSatan has lost his position to win,With Christ, I no longer pursue sin.Once, I walked this world in harshness.But with God’s love, I walked from darkness.Instead, let me walk by daylight.At last, I am getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chains, Christ, Darkness, Dayight, Faith, Flame of Love, Gain, God's Love, Harshness, Lamb, Life, Lion, Loss, Poetry and Poems, Position, Satan, Season, Sin, The Cross, The World, Vain, Walk, Win | Leave a comment

Whispered Words

Posted on August 7, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Whispered Wordsby Michael DoyleYour whispered words,I questioned why.When I listened closely,They sounded like goodbye.You hardly had time to live,Let alone time to die.At your graveside,All I could do was wonder why.In my eyes,You had been such a beautiful child.I say … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absence, Awake, Bear, Beautiful Child, Cold, Daisy, Daughter, Dead, Die, Discern, Embrace, Eyes, Father, Feel, Flowers, Frame, Go On, God, Goodbye, Graveside, Head, Hell, Inroads, Learn, Left Behind, Lion, Listen, Live, Love, Memories, Penguin, Picture, Poetic, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Prose, Question Why, Remember, Said, Silent Replies, Something Kind, Sound, Summer Breeze, Too Much, Touch, Unconquerable, Unvanquishable, Whisper On By, Whispered Words, Wild, Wonder Why, Your Name | Leave a comment

First Principles: My God Sent His Angel and Shut the Mouths of the Lions

Posted on July 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions.” – Daniel 6:22 NIV

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Angel, Daniel 6:22 NIV, First Principles, God, Lion, Mouth | Leave a comment

Victory Worn

Posted on April 30, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Victory Wornby Michael DoyleWhen we talk about my king,I can’t help but sing.Wide awake with praise,I lift my voice in all my days.Into the world, He shines His light.Darkness is defeated in this fight.With Grace given on Calvary,He has given … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Arose, Calvary, Darkness, Days, Devil, Dignity, Down, Enemy, Felt Victory, Fight, Grace, Heaven, Heaven and Earth, His Life, Holiness, Holy Veil, Jesus, Light, Lion, Mine, My King, Parades, Poetry and Poems, Powerfully Real, Praise, Reveal, Seamlessly, Sing, Stone, Talk, The Lamb, Torn, Victory Worn, Voice | Leave a comment

Blessed By His Glory

Posted on August 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Blessed By His Gloryby Michael DoyleI’m thankful for the abilityGiven to all of humanityTo lift our voices in praiseWe raise this sound throughout our daysIt is to the risen kingThat we will always singFor He who heals us and savesAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ability, Amazing Grace, Believers, Blessed, Distant Times, Faith, Glory, Grave, Heal, Humanity, Lift, Lion, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pray, Righteousness, Risen King, Save, Savior, Story, Thankful, Throne, Trust, Voices | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Don’t Ask Me Who’s Influenced Me. A Lion Is Made Up of the Lambs He’s Digested, and I’ve Been Reading All My Life

Posted on March 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life”. – Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (13 Mar 1900-1971)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All My Life, Ask, Digest, Giorgos Seferis, Influence, Lion, Lions, Made Up, Read, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Complexity-Simplified

Posted on December 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Complexity Simplifiedby Michael DoyleOf all the things I have in life reservedThe right to peacefulness is deservedI have no need for people who like to cause stressAnd this is something I will readily address2024 will be a year of peace … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2024, Act Right, Address, Around, Back To the Wall, Backflow, Bring Me Down, Cage-Less, Childish Games, Clear, Complexity, Conflict Free, Conscious, Court, Deserved, Destination, Distinct, Document, Don't Tread On Me, Doubt, Edge, Evidence, Eyes, Foolish, Games, Guitar, Inhumanity, Inked, Intention, Known, Last and Final Warning, Learn, Ledge, Life, Lion, Look, Mane, Mercenary Knight, Mistakes, Need, Once In Your Lifee, Owe, Pack of Lies, Pay, Peace, Peacefulness, Pick On, Poetry and Poems, Price, Profound, Push, Rarified, Reserved, Right, Road Runner, Roll, Route, Shade, Shallowness, Share, Simplified, Sin, Soul, Steer Clear, Stress, Strum, Tale, Tattoo, Time, Transparent, Trite, Tug, Tust, Vain, Vain Effort, Voice, Wasted, Wicked, Wile Y. Coyote, Wonder, World, Writing, Wrong Sort of Man, zoo | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: One Law For the Lion, and Ox Is Oppression

Posted on November 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One law for the lion and ox is oppression.” – William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (28 Nov 1757-1827)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Lion, One Law, Oppression, Ox, Thought For the Day, William Blake | Leave a comment

Gentleman George

Posted on August 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Gentleman Georgeby Michael DoyleIt took a lifetime to forgeThe humility of Gentleman GeorgeWith his best fights fought on his kneesHe is God’s child and aims to pleaseOnce a lion, then a lamb, in doing all thingsHe only gave his second … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aim, American Flag, Best Fight, Born Again, Bout, Boxer, Bring, Brutality, Comeback, Dedicate, Dignity, Forge, Frazier, Friend, Friends, Fumble, Gentleman George, George Foreman, God, God's Child, Gold Medal, Humility, Jamaica, Jesus, Jungle, Knees, Lamb, Last Breath, Legendary, Lifetime, Lion, Locker Room, Mercy, Mike Tyson, Morer, Muhammed Ali, Near Death, Nervous Tension, Olympics, Pack A Punch, Please, Poetry and Poems, Punch, Recall, Record, Rope-A-Dope, Sunshine Showdown, Tall, Teach, Tenacity, The Ring, True Man, Very Best, Won, Zaire | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Have Never Thought Much of the Courage of A Lion Tamer. Inside the Cage He Is At Least Safe From Other Men

Posted on July 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Cage, Chivalry, Courage, Destroy, Eat, Gentility, George Bernard Shaw, Harm, Ideals, Inside, Lion, Lion Tamer, Other Men, Politics, Reason, Religion, Safe, Thought, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment