Tag Archives: Love

What About Joseph?

Posted on December 21, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

What About Joseph?by Michael DoyleFollowing the Lord God means obedienceBut when push comes to shove, she grew in diligenceWhile Joseph played out his part unsungHolding his head upright and not hungTrusting in God even when it was hardWilling to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Audience, Empathy, Faith, Follow, Glory, Holy, Joseph, Journey, Light, Lord God, Love, Mary, Mother of God, Night, Obedience, Old Testament Law, Poetry and Poems, Question, Righteous, Son, Stoned To Death, Test, Trust, Truth, Unsung, Upright | Leave a comment

Even the Mother of God

Posted on December 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Even the Mother of Godby Michael DoyleEven the mother of God was humanTaking her steps best that she canWhen she became chosen with careThis world’s savior to carry and bearGabriel appeared in dead of the nightTelling her the truth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Blame, Chosen, Duty, Embrace, Favored Status, Full Intention, Gabriel, God, Grace, Honor, Human, Light, Love, Mary, Mortal, Mother of God, Night, No Other Way, Obedience, Obeying God, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prevail, Purity, Savior, Say, Shame, Steps, Truth, Upside Down, Virgin, Word | Leave a comment

There’s Maybe Nothing Better

Posted on December 19, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

There’s Maybe Nothing Betterby Michael DoyleThere is maybe nothingThat could be any betterHowever bright or gloomyThe day has turned the weatherThan spending this Sunday afternoonWatching dreams with my daughtersHearts overflowing with joy soonWatching Rudolph with their fatherThere’s nothing like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Better, Born, Bright, Confide, Daughters, Day, Differences, Dreams, Every Heart, Father, Fit, Follow, Girls and Boys, Gloomy, Good, Grow Up, Hearts, Hide, Joy, Lesson, Love, Loving World, Memory, Misfit, Misfit Toys, Nothing Better, One, Outrun, Place, Poetry and Poems, Room Enough, Rudolph, Sunday Afternoon, Together, Tomorrow, Troubles, True, Understood, Weather, World, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Thinking On Department Store Santas

Posted on December 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Thinking On Department Store Santasby Michael DoyleOver fifty-itis hits us allAs the world changes from what we recallEven the jolly old man is to be fearedAt least as he spends the rest of his yearRed suited and well shoed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Black Boots, Cahoots, Choice, Department Store, Destination, Devastation, Distinction, Dominoes, Dreams Live, Ensnare, Every Year, Eyes, Fifty-itis, Flow, Good and Bad, Happy and Sad, Heart of Santa, Jolly, Kids, Love, Make the Time, Negativity, North Pole, Patient, Poetry and Poems, Portray, Purest Love, Real Life, Recall, Red Suit, Rendition, Santa, Stuff of Dreams, Surprise, Temper, Think, Touched Lives, Tradition, Transformation, Treat, True Heart, Wishes, World Changes, Year, Yearly Voice | Leave a comment

Pure Love

Posted on December 13, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Pure Loveby Michael DoyleWhat is Pure LoveBut the giving of loveWithout expectationWho is Pure LoveBut the giver of loveTo a man who felt undeservingBut has given this loveWith her full heartWhat is Pure LoveBut to live in humilityAll the days … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All the Days, Bright, Bringer of Light, By My Side, Darkest Days, Dream Come True, Giver of Love, Giving, Her Full Heart, Hint of Heaven, Inside, Life Can Give, Live In Humility, Lives, Love, Man, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Pure Love, Shine, The Best, This Love, Truth, Undeserving, Walk, Walking, Who, Without Expectation | Leave a comment

The Unfolding Story of the First Christmas Day

Posted on December 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Unfolding Story of the First Christmas Dayby Michael DoyleChristmas didn’t come with a pretty bowIf you didn’t know this, you need to knowThere was a lot of ugly in what became beautifulThe something simple transformed into the wonderfulShepherds were … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admiration, Ambition, Angels, Approach, Attention, Beautiful, Bethlehem, Blessed, Bow, Bridge, Broken Parts, Christmas, Christmas Day, Completeness, Cure, Dread, Eden, Everywhere, Fall, Famine, Fateful Night, Fearful Ways, Feast, Field, First, Flock, Forgotten, Fountain, Friend, Fullness, God, Gratitude, Habits of A Lifetime, Heal, Hear, Hearts, High, Holy, Hosts of Heaven, Humble, Humbled, Imprint, Inspiration, Intent, Intention, Israeli Nation, Kingdom, Know, Lambs of God, Least, Light Show, Listen, Live, Living Invitation, Living Waters, Lord, Love, Loved, Low, Majesty, Manger, Matter, Message, Mountain, Night's Skies, Open Eyes, Our Father, Overcome, Peace, Pews, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence of the Lord, Pure, Pure Hearts, Relationship, Rescue, Restoration, Sacred Words, Salvation, Satisfaction, Selfishness, Shalom, Shepherds, Shine, Simple, Situation, Sky, Social Standing, Spread, Status, Stranger, Surpass, Surprise, Surrender, Testimony, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Unfolding Story, Walk Among Us, Welcome, Wholeness, Wonderful, Word of God, Worship | Leave a comment

First Principles: Law and Liberty Cannot Rationally Become the Objects of Our Love, Unless They First Become the Objects of Our Knowledge

Posted on December 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Law and liberty cannot rationally become the objects of our love, unless they first become the objects of our knowledge.” – -James Wilson, Of the Study of the Law in the United States, 1790

Posted in First Principles | Tagged First Principles, James Wilson, Knowledge, Law, Liberty, Love, Object, Of the Study of Law in the United States, Rational | Leave a comment

First Principles: Your Love of Liberty – Your Respect for the Laws… and Your Practice of the Moral and Religious Obligations, Are the Strongest Claims to National and Individual Happiness

Posted on December 10, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.” – George Washington (1789)

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Claim, First Principles, George Washington, Habit, Happiness, Individual, Industry, Law, Liberty, Love, Moral, National, Obligation, Practice, Religious, Respect | Leave a comment

Always Time For A Story

Posted on December 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Always Time For A Storyby Michael DoyleQuietly sitting on the pewThere in one sense, familyWearing our brother’s coatAnd in this, draped in povertyKeeping warm on Christmas nightAll for the sake of spirits brightKept a flicker in swaddling clothesAs only as … Continue reading →