Tag Archives: Meaning

First Principles: The First and Governing Maxim In the Interpretation of A Statute Is To Discover the Meaning of Those Who Made It

Posted on June 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The first and governing maxim in the interpretation of a statute is to discover the meaning of those who made it.” – James Wilson (1790)

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What Our God Does

Posted on June 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

What Our God Doesby Michael DoyleLooking at what God has doneWe become baptized in the SonThe details have some meaningIn burying the wrong of our beingStepping into being taken into a new lifeWe take on the peace by putting away … Continue reading →

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Hey Everybody

Posted on May 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Hey Everybodyby Michael DoyleHey everybodyGather around (gather around)We come together as a bodyTo sing about what we’ve foundComing together in this hourWe testify about God’s holy powerShining as He does in the shadowOur battles are in the prayers we knowSome … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Knowing Trees, I Understand the Meaning of Patience. Knowing Grass, I Can Appreciate Persistence

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)

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In Pursuit of Great Expectations

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading →

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Too Jung For the Good Life

Posted on April 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Too Jung For the Good Lifeby Michael DoyleThe verbal coinage of modern-age complexityLays predominately bound to Jung’s dexterityIt’s something that happens in synchronicityOf the universe beaming out the need to be happyBut the journey of happiness, despite its fascinationCannot be … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

Posted on March 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Aloha Promises Forever wishes all its readers a very happy and if a believer, holy Saint Patrick’s Day! The Feast of Saint Patrick (Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a religious and cultural holiday observed since the 17th century on March 17th … Continue reading →

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First Principles: On Every Question of Construction Carry Ourselves Back To the Time the Constitution Was Adopted, Recollect the Spirit Manifested In the Debates

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“On every question of construction carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Age

Posted on December 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Revisiting Truth In the Post-Modernist Ageby Michael DoyleIt can be said with conviction of feelingThat the ways of God are revealingHere in this mid-DecemberIt seems timely to rememberAll of God’s loving tracesIn all the history of a life’s embracesAre like … Continue reading →

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These Are the Days of Us

Posted on November 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to my youngest daughter who I very dearly love and very nearly lost two years ago today… These Are the Days of Usby Michael DoyleThese are the days of usI learned this from a childWho gave this wisdom becauseThis … Continue reading →

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