Tag Archives: Love

The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journey

Posted on February 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Blessing of the Monarch Butterfly Journeyby Michael DoyleLong may it be that we keep this blessed memoryof what it means to take a 3000 mile journeyFrom Canada to the Oyamel forests in the Mexican nationReminding us that borders are … Continue reading →

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First Principles: God Gave Us A Spirit Not of Fear But of Power and Love and Self-Control

Posted on February 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

” For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” – 2 Timothy 1:7

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Thought For the Day: The Hands That Help Are Better Far Than Lips That Pray. Love Is the Ever Gleaming Star That Leads the Way

Posted on February 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Better Far, Bliss, Hands, Help, Lead, Lips, Love, Paradise, Pray, Robert Green Ingersoll, Shine, Star, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Three Things In Life

Posted on February 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Three Things In Lifeby Michael DoyleThere is something to the power of threeThat speaks to heart and soul of divinityIt seems it all begins and ends with loveWithout which there is no gaining heaven aboveThere are three things in life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Divnity, Easy, Heat and Soul, Heaven, Love, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Power of Three, Recall, Test, Three Things In Life, Time, Words | Leave a comment

First Principles: And We Know That God Causes Everything To Work Together For the Good of Those Who Love God and Are Called According To His Purpose For Them

Posted on February 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.” – Romans 8:28

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A Song of Thanksgiving

Posted on January 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Song of Thanksgivingby Michael DoyleA song of thanksgivingSung to be braveIn need of forgivingI claw my way from my graveWith apprehensionI am reaching outBeyond comprehensionMy thoughts are filled with doubtStill, I danceIn your rain of kindnessTaking this chanceDespite my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apprehension, Better Choice, Blindness, Brave, Chance, Circumstance, Comprehension, Dance, Days, Doubt, Forgiving, Good, Grave, Heaven, Kindness, Love, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Prayer, Reaching Out, Relevance, See, Song, Thanksgiving, Theology, Understood, Voice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Do Not Be Too Quick Too Assume Your Enemy Is A Savage Just Because He Is Your Enemy. Perhaps He Is Your Enemy Because He Thinks You Are A Savage

Posted on January 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Afraid, Assume, Enemy, Feel, Love, Quick, Savage, Thomas Merton, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

On Being A Prodigal

Posted on January 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On Being A Prodigalby Michael DoyleTrue stories bring such fascinationThe church I live is a celebrationSo encouraging to live with right intentionBeing given in its right attentionThe best sermons are those seenLive out well by Christians beingBeing that best that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Celebrration, Clarity, Compassion, Deep Love, Forgive, Home, Homily, Imagine, Lessons, Love, Pharisee, Poetry and Poems, Prodigal, Right Intention, Sadducees, Self-Discovery, Sermon, Theology | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Are Not the Same Persons This Year As Last; Nor Are Those We Love. It Is A Happy Chance If We Changing, Continue To Love A Changed Person

Posted on January 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.” -William Somerset Maugham, writer (25 Jan 1874-1965)

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Thought For the Day: We Didn’t Love Freedom Enough. And Even More – We Had No Awareness of the Real Situation…We Purely and Simply Deserved Everything That Happened Afterward

Posted on January 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more — we had no awareness of the real situation… We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.” – Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged 1917, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Awareness, Deserve, Freedom, Happen, If, Love, Ouburst, Pleasure, Real Situation, Submit, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment