Tag Archives: Presence

Thought For the Day: Make the World A World A Little Better For Our Presence Through Tolerance, Charity, Temperance, Peace and Kindliness

Posted on May 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one’s weight on the scale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Beast, Better, Breadth, Charity, Count, Kindliness, Man, Peace, Presence, Small Stage, Temperance, Thought For the Day, Tolerance, World | Leave a comment

Persistent Presence

Posted on May 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

To really get to know the Lord, you have spend time consistently in His presence. Persistent Presence by Michael Romani Prayers we state as need Aren’t always those we heed When we listen to God’s way Keeping it in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belong, Best, Breathed, Christianity, Day, Deceive, Define, Earth, Faith, God, Heed, Justice, Light, Listen, Live, Lord, Need, Night, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presence, Presistent, Refine, Seek, Syllable, Truth, Word | Leave a comment

Nostalgia For Guantanamo

Posted on April 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Next on the series of challenges for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 11 is to write a poem pertinent to places of origin. It seems to me that regardless of place of birth or my history of Hawai’i and California, the place that … Continue reading →

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All My Little Fails

Posted on April 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes even I’m amazed at mistakes that I make. Have you ever had moments when you just want to fall on your knees and pray that God doesn’t give up on you cause you’re a step away of giving up … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Apology, Believe, Blind, Bluff, Cause, Complexity, Fact, Fail, Fake, Feel, Forget, Forgive, Give Up, God, Good Enough, Heart Break, Knees, Lost Soul, Me, Mistake, Moment, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Presence, Private Hell, Rainbow, Rush of Pain, Sane, Smile, Social Anxiety, Sorry, Sublime, Understand, Unkind, Unwilling, Word, World, Worth While | Leave a comment

Seeking the Face of God

Posted on March 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalms 27:8: Seeking the Face of God by Michael Romani Thankful for being a child of God Dwelling in prayer, not finding it odd But a place that knows my gratitude Keeping this thought in my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acknowledge, Attention, Attitude, Blessed, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Bound, Breathe, Bring, Child, Chorus, Christianity, Church, Clear, Close, Clutter, Company, Conceive, Constrain, Day, Dwell, Earnest, Embrace, Emmanuel, Encounter, Essence, Eye Contact, Eyes, Face, Family Matters, Fill, Focus, Forget, Forgive, Found, Free, Function, God, God's Face, God's Nature, God's Presence, Godly Ways, Gratitude, Hallelujah, Harmony, Heaven, Him, His, Holy, Idolize, Importance, Indwelling, Jesus, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Mature, Meaning, Message, Milk, Observe, Peace, Persist, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praise, Prayer, Presence, Resound, Righteous, Sacred Ground, Scripture, See, Seek, Sleep, Spiritual Gutter, Spirituality, Strength, Strife, Thanksgiving, the Word, Things, Thrive, Truth, Vain, Verse, Wake, Walk, Wean | Leave a comment

Questions For A New Year

Posted on January 2, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

It seems like maybe a good time to pause a moment and ask ourselves about our walk and whether it matches our talk may just the time we’re at now, the beginning of a new year. Based in part on … Continue reading →

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We Belong

Posted on December 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

All of us have something in our together that we don’t have separately. That’s how life is best lived, together. Joined at the soul where we belong. That thought was illustrated nicely in the last part of Mowgli. From … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belong, Better, Breath, Dark, Death, Dream, heartbeat, In, Joined, Know, Light, Mowgli, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Release, Shimmer, Sight, Slow, Song, Soul, Speak, Strong, Walk, We | Leave a comment

In How She Calls My Name

Posted on December 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

In How She Calls My Name by Michael Romani Once there was such a beautiful sightThere on that very colorful nightUp in the skies, I saw with my eyesA winged blessing in her disguiseThe magic of her filled my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful, Bible Study Tools, Call, Color, Eyes, Heart, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presence, Shanna, Sight, Skies | Leave a comment

A Christmas Wedding

Posted on December 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Keeping on a Christmas theme: A Christmas Wedding by Michael Romani In the city that never sleeps There’s a story that keeps About a dash of whirlwind romance Between two lovers caught in a winter’s dance Christmas magic wrapped in … Continue reading →

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Master of Lies

Posted on November 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

There is one master of lies, though is ways and means are many. Master of Lies by Michael Romani The master of lies Speaks in his duplicity With seductive eyes He offers joyous depravity He is alluring in his sentiment … Continue reading →

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