Tag Archives: Pray

Air Quoted Balance

Posted on June 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Air Quoted Balanceby Michael DoyleWith our focus on our decisionsWe learn from our imprecisionsOften growing despite what we decideThat the Lord Himself will guideThe gift of each and every new dayShows us about what we’ll prayIn our attempts at articulationHowever … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Air Quoted, Articulation, Attempt, Balance, Bible, Christianity, Decision, Destination, Divinity, Eyes, Faith, Focus, Gift, God, Guide, Humility, Imprecision, Jesus, Kicked Dirt, New Day, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Situation, The Lord, Walk | Leave a comment

No News, Anxiety Blues

Posted on June 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

No News, Anxiety Bluesby Michael DoyleEven though they tell meThat I wear victory’s crownThey’ll never totally sell meThat I should not feel downYes, I survived and stand aliveI can’t say the same for friendsPatriotic to the point of deep diveNow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above My Paygrade, Anxiety, Assure, Beloved Sons, Blended Shade, Blues, Brightness, Calamity, Carrying On, Choices, Cold Sweat, Combat, Crown, Cure, Dancer, Daughters, Dead, Decision, Decisions, Deep Dive, Devil, Disappear, Done, Dread, End, Eyes, Face, Faith, Feel Down, Feel Love, Forgiveness, Friends, Fright, Full Control, God Above, God Is the Answer, Good Night, Grim Shade, Hard To Move, Hues, Joy, Jungian Analysis, Known, Look Right, Looking, Lose It, Love, Made, Memories, Metaphysical, Moment, Need, News, No Black and White, No Time For Fear, Offer, Patriotic, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prayer, Prayers, Psychology, Question, Quiz, Recall, Recognize, Remember, Safe, Same, Second Guessing, Sell, Sleep, Sorrow, Soul, Stand Alive, Stare, Survive, Total Paralysis, Victory, Voice, Wak, Wake, Wall, Worst Fears, Years | Leave a comment

First Principles: You Have Heard That It Was Said, ‘Love Your Neighbor and Hate Your Enemy.’ But I Tell You , Love Your Enemies and Pray For Those Who Persecute You

Posted on June 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.“ – Matthew 5:43-44

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Enemies, Enemy, First Principles, Hate, Heard, Love, Matthew 5:43-44, Persecute, Pray, Your Neighbor | Leave a comment

The Quiet Colors

Posted on June 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Quiet Colorsby Michael DoyleAs the quiet colors Of the midnight hour Starts to come to closeAs the quiet colors Of the midnight hour Starts to come to closeI feel as lonely as the pain insideTortured to my soul, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandoned, Above Water, Aks, Bluff, Broken, Broken Cross, Call, Close, Confuse, Cross, Crucified, Damaged Control, Dead, Deep, Done, Drown, Father, Feel, From the Inside, Going On, Hang, Head, Hide, History, Inside, Job, Killing Me, Lonely, Look Into My Eyes, Mercy, Midnight Hour, Misery, No Longer Know Me, No Right To Complain, Nobody's Son, Nowhere to Hide, Overwhelm, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pull, Pulled, Quiet Colors, Reach, Realize, Reminded, Rot, Satan, See, Soul, Sould, Stand, Strings, Strong Enough, Teeth, The Lord, Too Much, Tortured, Wrong | Leave a comment

On Bended Knee

Posted on May 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

On Bended Kneeby Michael DoyleOn bended knee, I see the memoryOf the day and the costI watched you let it beGiving it your dignityIt’s hard to add the costMaking it worseIs I know that bullet was mineIt had my nameBleeding … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Across, American Liberty, Bended Knee, Blame, Bleeding, Blood, Breath, Bullet, Choose, Cost, Cry, Days, Death, Define, Depend, Dignity, End, Expend, Fight and Die, Forgive, Friends, Full Price, Hard, Hope, Indignantly, Integrity, Lives, Measure, Memory, Mine, Mistakes, Moments, My Name, Nation, Obligation, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Pray, Protect and Defend, Refuse, Speak, Taken For Granted, The Cost, Toil, Treasure, Verse, Watch, Why, Worse, Your Death | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Let Me Not Pray To Be Sheltered From Dangers, But To Be Fearless In Facing Them

Posted on May 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.” – Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel laureate (7 May 1861-1941)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Danger, Face, Fearless, Me, Pray, Rabindranath Tagore, Shelter, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

At First Sight…

Posted on April 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

At First Sight…by Michael DoyleAt first sight, it is the love expectedAfter a life of being unrequitedI feel it with the kiss of your lipsThe sparks run to my fingertipsI pay attention to what my heart tells meWhile praying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Believe, Better, Blind, Close, Come Out Well, Control, Destiny, Do, Don't, Emotions, Expected, Eyes, Fade, Fail Me, Fairytale, Feel, Finger Tips, First Sight, God, Good Season, Guiding Light, Happen, Heart, Hero, Just As Well, Kiss, Kiss Farewell, Life, Lips, Look, Love, Love Is Kind, Night, Overhelming, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prevail, Reason, See, Smile, Soul, Sparks, Together, Touch, Unrequited, Warmth, With My Heart, Worse | Leave a comment

Happy Resurrection Sunday!!

Posted on March 31, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I prayerfully keep all the followers of Aloha Promises Forever in thought and consideration today and hope that each of you has a wonderful, and beautiful Easter today. Thank you for following my work throughout the years. May today and … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Aloha Promises Forever, Atonement, Beautiful, Blessings, Changed, Consideration, Deep, Happy Easter, Happy Resurrection Sunday, Hope, Jethro Tull, Plethora, Pray, Salvation, Sanctus Real, Surface, Thank you, Thought, Thought For Today, Today and Everyday, When Jesus Came To Play, Wonderful | Leave a comment

Mean Streaks and Misgivings

Posted on March 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Mean Streaks and Misgivingsby Michael DoyleWhen the Colt has turned to rustAnd all that’s left is to swallow the dustThe desert plays tricks on a man’s mindAs he looks over his shoulder at what’s left behindWar is war and won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amend, At Last, Blind, Blindness, Body, Bury, Carry, Catch Up, Cost, Cure, Desert, Dust, Ease, Eke Away, Endure, Eye For An Eye, Find, Forget, Gun Hand, Heart, Labyrinth, Left Behind, Living Days, Mean Streak, Memories, Mental Maze, Mind, Misgiving, More, Our Ways, Past, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Price, Regret, Resistance, Revenge, Ripped Free, Rust, Settle, Shaken, Shoulder, Soul, Soul's Rot, Start, Sun, Taken, The Days, Things Done, Tricks, Tricks of Mind, Truce, Truth, Turns Out, War, Whiskey, Wounded, Wounds | Leave a comment

Grief and Memory

Posted on March 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Grief and Memoryby Michael DoyleAdmittedly, I have never really been oneTo follow the lives of those holding celebrityFor the most part, when it’s all said and doneI’ve had even less time for British royaltyBut the turn of news imparted quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beach, Bleed, British Royalty, Canncer, Casual Jeans, Celebrity, Civility, Colbert, Compassion, Crass, Cruel, Decency, Dignity, Example, False Headlines, Family, Follow, Grief and Memory, Hope and Dignity, Kate Middleton, Late Night, Malady, Media Strategy, Mercy, Mindset, Modest Truth, Mongrels, Mother With Young Children, News, No Stranger, Paparazzi, Poetry and Poems, Posture, Pray, Preach, Regret, Reject, Respect and Dignity, Said and Don, Strong, Strong As We Must Be, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Treat, TV Comedy, Underpass, Unfeeling, Whispered Wounds | Leave a comment