Tag Archives: Seen

Seen In Communion

Posted on September 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Seen In Communionby Michael DoyleA plate of breadAnd juice of grapeBrings life to be spreadLike its spiritual landscapeWe come together for communionAs part of God’s familyCelebrating in this reunionThe blessing that brings us unityForgiveness in Christ is sharedThrough the burden … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Atonement, Blessing, Bow, Bread, Bread and Cup, Broken, Burden of the Cross, Cause To Pause, Celebrate, Christ, Come Together, Commitment, Communion, Confident, Correction, Destruction, Faithfulness, Fellowship, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Future, Gain, Gentle, Given, God, God's Family, Grape, Hell, His Ways, Hope, Inspection, Juice, Last, Life, Lord's Supper, Love, New Covenant, Now, Offered, Other Believers, Passover, Past, Plate, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Present, Recognize, Reflection, Remembrance, Remind Us, Resurrection, Reunion, Sacrifice, Satan, Seen, Shared, Sin of Man, Sinners, Slavation, Spiritual Eyes, Spiritual Lanscape, Spread, Story, Table, Three Days, Three Directions, Unity, Yoke | Leave a comment

I’m Not the Kind of Father

Posted on September 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

I’m Not the Kind of Fatherby Michael DoyleI’m not the kind of fatherWho can spend a lot of moneyHowever much I love my daughtersMy ex thinks this is funnyShe complains about the money she spendsDespite the child support givenAnd I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Another, Answer, Best, Best of My Best, Blindness, Books, Brain, Busy, Cherish, Child Support, Cling, Compare, Complain, Could Be, Daughters, Deep, Disease, Doctors, Down Stairs, Doze Off, Dream On, Easy, Eighteen, Every Breath, Ex, Faces, Fall Asleep, Father, Forgiven, Funny, Go On, God, Gone, Grow Up, Hate, Hug, Hurry, I, Insane, Inside Me, Last Night, Lasting Memories, Life Upends, Limits, Listen, Live, Love, Memory Loss, Money, My Miracles, Need, Need to Know, Night, Not Letting Them Know, Other, Payers, Poetry and Poems, Push, Rest, Seems, Seen, Shelf, Spend, Steps, Sweetest Dreams, Taken, Tell, Time, Tolerably, Traces, Unkindness, Wake, Walk, Wearing Me Down, Wish, Wonder | Leave a comment

Our Father’s Embrace

Posted on August 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Our Father’s Embraceby Michael DoyleYour faith has walked in my daysYour good has exceeded my praiseWith the mention of your nameYour wonders have brought me up from shameThere were days that I thought I would not liveBut you raised me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Amazed, Believe, Child, Conceive, Days, Detection, Embrace, Evidence, Faith, Father, Forgiven, Good, Holy Grace, Hope, Human Being, Live, Mention, Miracles, Numbered Days, Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Proof, Resurrection, Seen, Shame, Testimony, View, Walk, Wonderful, Wonders, Worth | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Greatest Gift I Can Conceive of Having From Anyone Is To Be Seen, Heard, Understood, and Touched By Them

Posted on July 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood, and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.” -Virginia Satir, psychotherapist … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Conceive, Greatest Gift, Heard, Seen, Thought For the Day, Touched, Understood, Virginia Satir | Leave a comment

Before the Ever

Posted on January 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Before the Everby Michael DoyleBefore the ever of neverThat thought itself cleverIs the cosmic perspectiveThat proclaimed itself reflectiveA messenger from the starsHigh above the skyscrapers and carsIt not to be too irreverentTo say that the world looks differentNow that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Before, Clever, Confusion, Cosmic Perspective, Different, Ever, Fascination, Former, Greater Truth, Human Beings, Illusion, Irreverent, Messenger, Nations, One Tribe, Paleolithic Isolation, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Redefinition, Reflective, Seen, Skyscrapers | Leave a comment

A Quiet Reflection On This November Day

Posted on November 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

A Quiet Reflection On This November Day by Michael Doyle What is a poem really but to say That love, joy and sorrow come to play In the heart and then inside the mind Until the words burst out … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Cared, Confidence, Deserve, Discern, Ease, Eureka, Find, Fit, Harvest, Heart, Heed, Human Beings, Intention, Joy, Light of Day, Lives, Loud, Love, Mind, November, Past, Peek, Play, Please, Poem, Poetry and Poems, Present, Proud, Quiet Reflection, Recall, Say, Seen, Shape, Shared, Smile, Sorrow, Truths, Week, Words | Leave a comment

Child of Tomorrow

Posted on August 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Child of Tomorrowby Michael DoyleIn a thank you from the futureThe child of tomorrowKnows the caliber and essence of nurtureFiltered between the narrowOf sights that no one has seenIn a splendido sunriseThere in the Devil’s cathedral of beingThe way home … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bardic Depths, Being, Caliber, Cathedral, Child of Tomorrow, Devil, Easier To Love, Essence, Filter, Flow, Future, Glow, Hope, Narrow, Neon's Light, Night, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Promises, Seen, Sights, Sunrise, Thank you, The Way Home, Unsaid, War | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: I Believe the Greatest Gift I Can Conceive of Having From Anyone Is To Be Seen, Heard, Understood, and Touched By Them

Posted on June 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Another Person, Anyone, Believe, Conceive, Give, Greatest Gift, Have, Heard, Seen, Thought For the Day, Touch, Understood, Virginia Satir | Leave a comment

In Our Pain

Posted on June 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

In Our Painby Michael DoyleIn that momentI saw beyond myselfThrough my tearsTo someone elseI had walkedBeyond the shadow of deathAs the spirits talkedWhispering under breathAlways so selfishAnd filled with needsFor things never mineTo find myself freedInto life’s stormTurned with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged A Single Tear, Beyond, Beyond Myself, Bound, Damned, Death's Door, Deliverance, Each of Us, Enter, Eye, Forbidden Key, Forgiving, Freed, Goodbye, In Our Pain, Living, Meant, Mine, Moment, Moment of Life, Moments, Needs, Passing Year, Poetry and Poems, Price of Love, Promises, Recompense, Said, See, Seen, Selfish, Shadow of Death, Spirits Talk, Storm, Symbols, Tears, Together, Unexplained, Walk, Whisper | Leave a comment

Weren’t Those the Teenaged Years?

Posted on June 2, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Weren’t Those the Teenaged Years?by Michael DoyleThe teenaged yearsOf Saturday night solitudeWas a parade of smiles and tearsAnd many dramasWaiting to intrudeInto the happiness that cameAnd that provided the frameIn moments of ShakespeareThat kept us awakeMaking us braver than our … Continue reading →

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