Tag Archives: Read

Path of Humility

Posted on November 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Path of Humilityby Michael DoyleLike a vagabond in the nightI was just hoping to find the lightGrowing tired of relying on my own sightI was determined to get it rightTurning my habits to be set freeAs God came to save … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bed, Deteermine, Deteremine, Eyes, Faith, Gideon's Bible, God, God's Side, Habits, Hide, Hiding Places, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joy, Light, Name, New Man, Openly, Path, Path of Humility, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Read, Rely, Righ, Satan, Save, Set Free, Shame, Sight, Thank God, The Son, True, True Courage, Vagabond | Leave a comment

The Blood of Unrequited Tears

Posted on October 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Blood of Unrequited Tearsby Michael DoyleEven children book storiesHold whispers of former gloriesLike the Book of Life’s ResurrectionIf we follow the clues, we’ll find the connectionsA brave child will dare to readUsing his imagination to find where it leadsEven … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adventure, Arise, Attachment, Blood, Burning Fire, Children Book Stroies, Coax, Connection, Consequences, Curses, Damnation, Death and Pain, Despair, Disrepair, Doctor, Forgotten, Funeral Pyres, Hell, Hippocratic Oath, Hypocritic Snare, Imagination, Mercy, Plague, Poetry and Poems, Read, Tears | Leave a comment

Every Next Step

Posted on October 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Inspired by a friend’s blog post. It’s been a very wonderful experience reading her journey of recovery and walking toward fulfilling her bliss over the years. The tips and insights she has shared have been quite remarkable. If you’re interested, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angels, Applaud, Apply, Attitude, Beauty Beyond Bones, Behind, Best Lives, Blessings, Blog, Bring, Clean Slate, Confron, Days, Deception, Dignity, Does, Earn, Empty Hearts, Every, Experience, Familiarity, Focus, Free, Freedom, Fulfillment, Future, Godly, Good Life, Gratitude, Habits, Health, Helpful, Humility, Inspiration, Itention, Jesus, Journey, Know, Learn, Liberty, Life, Living Life, Love, Measure, Mind, Mindful, Need, Neglect, New Discovery, New Walk, Next Step, Numbers, Nurture, Nurturee, Onward and Upward, Open Admiration, Past, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Post-Recovery, Power, Prayer, Preference, Proect, Proverbial Hat, Purity, Purpose, Read, Relate, Respect, Right Intention, Run, Safe, Share, Shock, Sickness, Similiarty, Simple, Snare, Strive, Things Happen, Treasure, True, Tyranny, Victory, Walk, Ways, Wellness, Wisdom, Words, Wrong Comfort | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: You Think Your Pains and Heartbreaks Are Unprecedented In the History of the World, But Then You Read

Posted on August 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All the People, Books, Connect, Heartbreak, History, James Baldwin, Pain, Read, Taught, Think, Thought For the Day, Torment, Unprecedented, World | Leave a comment

A Purity of Feeling

Posted on June 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Purity of Feelingby Michael DoyleSailing along the sea Guided by a northern lightBecomes a willing collaborationTo reach our destinationSomewhere between the purityAnd the places of sheer beautyIs the presence utterly revealingConcealed inside the naked feelingProfound as it is somewhat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absurd, Aestehtic Principle, Alleviation, Appeal, Beauty, Beguile, Bleed, Choice, Collaboration, Competition, Desire, Destination, Detritus, Disembodied Voices, Drift, Feeling, Halluncinate, Inebriation, Inspire, Interlinked, Link, Listen, Mass, Mass Communication, Miasma, Midnight, Mind, Nightcrawlers, Northern Light, Participate, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Read, Real, Repetition, Reveal, Risk, Sail, Sea, Shared, Shudder, Thought, Voice, Whisper, Writer | Leave a comment

First Principles: If A Nation Expects To Be Ignorant – and Free – In A State of Civilization, It Expects What Never Was and Never Will Be

Posted on May 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty & property … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Able, Command, Constitutents, Every Government, Everyone, Expect, Fee, First Principles, Functionaries, Ignorant, Information, Liberty and Property, Nation, Press, Propensities, Read, Safe, Safe Deposit, The People, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: No Two Persons Ever Read the Same Book

Posted on May 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“No two persons ever read the same book.” -Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Edmund Wilson, No, Persons, Read, Same Book, Thought For the Day, Two | Leave a comment

Steadfast Against the Culture

Posted on November 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Steadfast Against the Cultureby Michael DoyleThere are two kinds of believersThose committed to the Bible and deceiversSome are guided by the Holy Spirit to aspireAnd then there are the carnally minded led by desireThere are two types of ways to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Affection, Applied, Aspire, Attention, Believers, Bible, Carnally Minded, Christ, Cling, Confident, Conversation, Culture, Daily Bread, Deceivers, Desire, Direction, Disobedience, Eyes, God, Godly Life, Heaven Sent, Holy Spirit, Influence, Joy, Just Compensation, Light, Lived Or Died, Living By the Word, Love, Mangled, Measure, Nurture, Obedience, Peace, Personal Observation, Poetry and Poems, Read, Renew, Retention, Serious Intent, Service, Sin, Steadfast, Talk, Trust, Truth, Two Kinds, Walk | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Some Books Are To Be Tasted, Others To Be Swallowed, and Some Few To Be Chewed and Digested

Posted on October 22, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”-Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Attention, Books, Chew, Curious, Digested, Diligence, Few, Francis Bacon, Parts, Read, Swallow, Taste, Thought For the Day, Whole | Leave a comment

River Rain

Posted on August 27, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

River Rainby Michael DoyleAs a gift from the CreatorThe rain fills into the riverBringing new life just begunWith a toss of dice, it’s wonLike a raindrop fills the creekWords become love we dare to speakSpilling out like a timeless riverInto … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aniticipation, Begun, Best of Lives, Book of Life, Child's Voice, Creator, Creek, Delivered, Dice, Dreamer's Head, Dreams, Father, Gift, Handheld, Life, Listen Close, Love, Love Will Call, Lovers, Mother, Ocean's Depths, Oceans, Past, Poetry and Poems, Query, Questions, Rain, Rain River, Raindrop, Read, Rising Sun, River, Shake and Shiver, Smiles, Speak, Streams, Tested, Theory, Timeless, Won, Words | Leave a comment