Tag Archives: Rest

First Principles: In Repentance and Rest Is Your Salvation, In Quietness and Trust Is Your Strength But You Would Have None of It

Posted on December 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:” “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.” – Isaiah 30:15 NIV

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Love Steps Out

Posted on December 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Love Steps Outby Michael DoyleEvery hour that is passingTurns into its own test.I find my life always changing. I don’t get much rest.It’s a long way to the sun.But I keep on reaching out.It seems my dreams have just begun.I … Continue reading →

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Bumping Up Against

Posted on March 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Up Againstby Michael DoyleBumping up against the edgesToes reaching out over the ledgesThe quest is given up for the idealAs we learn to settle for the realThe higher grounds are out of boundsAs we seek to find further soundsThat … Continue reading →

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This Time of Year

Posted on December 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

This Time of the Yearby Michael DoyleThere it is, that slow mist in my eyesIt’s not so hard to see and recognizePlease don’t mistake these tearsIt’s just this time of the yearIt’s a slow roll of processional daysAs we live … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Fabric of American Empire Ought To Rest On the Solid Basis of the Consent of the People. The Streams of National Power Ought To Flow From That Pure Fountain of All Legitimate Authority

Posted on November 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)

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To Touch Your Shadow

Posted on June 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

To Touch Your Shadowby Michael DoyleThrough physical, we find affirmationIn this, we have signaled confirmationWrapped in layers of living securityOur love makes our sense of libertyThese are the rules we agreeably play byFinding our truths by which we’ll stay byWe … Continue reading →

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Putting the Good In the Goodness

Posted on June 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Putting the Good in the Goodnessby Michael DoyleIn the days of my life, I seek every day to learnKnowing full well that there is much to discernSeeking only to do my best to live the good lifeI seek earnestly to … 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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Minding God’s Own Business

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Minding God’s Own Businessby Michael DoyleIt’s how it is that we should liveWe find that God has work to giveIn an echo of principles, we need clarityOf what is necessary to enable us to seeTo lack in clarity is an … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Take My Yoke Upon You and Learn From Me, For I Am Gentle and Humble In Heart, and You Will Find Rest For Your Souls

Posted on February 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” – Matthew 11:29-30

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