Tag Archives: Loving

Thought For the Day: To Love Means Loving the Unlovable. To Forgive Means Pardoning the Unpardonable. Faith Means Believing the Unbelievable.

Posted on May 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” – G.K. Chesterton

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You Cannot Hurt Me

Posted on August 31, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

You Cannot Hurt Meby Michael DoyleYou cannot hurt meIt’s beyond possibilityI am damaged goodsA babe lost in the woodsOf my own heart, my own mindLike innocence left far behindEvery day I wake up numbed by painAll of my good intentions, … Continue reading →

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Love Was There

Posted on July 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Love Was Thereby Michael DoyleAlong the country roads of my youthI learned a few jokes and a lot of truthSinging along with the radio showA lot joy there and it continues to flowSo many smiles built on memoryTimes spent with … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Know That Families and Churches, Not Government Officials, Know Best How To Create A Strong and Loving Community…We Don’t Worship Government. We Worship God.

Posted on June 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We know that families and churches, not government [officials], know best how to create a strong and loving community. … In America we don’t worship government. We worship God.” – Donald Trump

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Churches, Community, Create, Don't Worship Government, Donald Trump, Families, First Principles, In America, Know, Loving, Not Government Officials, Strong, Worship God | Leave a comment

Dropping the Stones

Posted on May 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Dropping the Stones of Judgmentby Michael DoyleDemonstrating the Bible in our livingLet it be seen by what we’re givingBaptism as immersion brings its witnessIn how it serves to model our fitnessTo stand anew in our public affirmationIt’s a way of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affirmation, Baptism, Bible, Devotion, Drop, Embrace, Eyesight, Humility, Immersion, Insight, Language of Hate, Loving, Ministry, Model, One Another, Poetry and Poems, Salvation, Service, Stones, Surface, Theology, Witness | Leave a comment

Torn As A Teenage Girl’s Heart

Posted on March 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Torn As A Teenage Girl’s Heartby Michael DoyleThis one has me in tears before I even startWatching torn as a teenage girl’s heartThe princess who loved me like her biggest heroYells at me and treats me as less than zeroOnly … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You Don’t Stop Loving Because You Grow Old, You Grow Old Because You Stop Loving

Posted on February 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“You don’t stop loving because you grow old, you grow old because you stop loving.” – Michael Pritchard

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The Times We’re Living Through

Posted on December 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

The Times We’re Living Throughby Michael DoyleThe times we’re living through are not permanentStill, I need you to this solid sentimentAs a Christian, it is okay to grieve and lamentIn these days, this is a place that has become intimateSometimes … Continue reading →

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To Feel Again

Posted on September 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

To Feel Againby Michael DoyleI admire people who are unafraid to feelWho know the danger and yet keep it realIt is scary to feel that compulsive somethingBut it beats the feeling of nothingAs life hands us our challenging handA fate … Continue reading →

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Giving Love

Posted on August 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Love in our fallen world is the calling from our heavenly Father. Giving Love by Michael Doyle Giving love in a world of brokenness Willing and ready in our un-spokenness We would be His hands and feet Giving love patiently … Continue reading →

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