Tag Archives: Shame

Grace In This World of Darkness

Posted on March 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Grace In This World of Darknessby Michael DoyleIn this world of darknessWe often find too much harshnessAnd not enough faith and loveThat we are told is given from heaven aboveThe Lord has paid our costIn redeeming us from being lostTo … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blood, Conquer, Cost, Dare, Death, Everyday, Faith and Love, Found, God's Will, Grace, Harshness, Heaven Above, Heaven Bound, Holy Name, Joy, Keep It Real, King, Last Breath, Life, Lost, Love, Majesty, One True Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Proclaim, Redeem, Reign, Rise, Salvation, Same, Saved, Savior's Name, Shame, Smiles, The Lamb, The Lord, Told, Trinity, Us, Way, World of Darkness, Worthy | Leave a comment

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

These Are the Days of Us

Posted on November 21, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to my youngest daughter who I very dearly love and very nearly lost two years ago today… These Are the Days of Usby Michael DoyleThese are the days of usI learned this from a childWho gave this wisdom becauseThis … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged ABCs, All the Things, Ascendant, Because, Beguile, Belief, Blame, Burn, Child, Days of Us, Discern, Dreams, Each Other, Faith and Love, Favor, Fist, Fit, Glove, God, Hate, Important, Learrn, Matters, Meaning, My Student, One Another, One Lesson, Play, Poetry and Poems, Put Aside, Real Love, Reprise, Shame, Teach, Theme, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: We Need Acts of Restoration, Not Only For Polluted Waters and Degraded Lands, But Also For Our Relationship To the World

Posted on November 18, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Acknowledge, Acts, Braiding Sweetgrass, Degraded Lands, Earth's Beings, Polluted Waters, Relationship, Respect, Restoration, Restore Honor, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Shame, Thought For the Day, Walk, Way We Live, World | Leave a comment

The Rejected Man Stumbles

Posted on October 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Rejected Man Stumblesby Michael DoyleThe rejected man stumbles back into the darknessFilled as he has become by this life’s harshnessHe had been helpful and knowledgeable in his waysAnd though ill-tempered, he was useful in his daysScience, too, is useful … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Aberration, Abomination, Acceptable, Accountable, Afraid, Anger, Appointed Stations, Argument, Arrogance, Blame, Blindness, Cautionary Tale, Challengers, Cloud, Consensus, Consicence, Cruelty, Darkness, Dedication, Differently, Disgrace, Diviine, Encourage, Enmity, Experts and Tyrants, Fortunetellers, Free, Full Moon, Governance, Harshness, Honest Peson, Ill-Tempered, Immune, Impertinence, Imposition, Infidelity To God, Inner Voices, Insurmountable, Intemperance, Knowledge, Last Words, Learn, Learned Positions, Lessons, Majority, Monster, Mystery, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Position, Prejudices, Proud, Pursuit of Truth, Question, Questions, Rage, Reject, Rejected Man, Remedy, Rule, Science, Seek, Shame, Shine, Sources, Status Quo, Steadfast, Struggle, Stumble, Swallow, Systeem, Tame, Test, Throne, Tongue, Tranquil, Travail, True Solutions, Trust, Undaunted, Undermine, Unkindness, Useful, Venomous, Vulnerability, Ways, Well, Wise Voice, Yoke, Young | Leave a comment

The Path of Generosity

Posted on October 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Path of Generosityby Michael DoyleStanding on a mountain of epiphanyStill, wondering what might come for meThis is no moment of bumper-sticker fameSome of the things happening are a shameReaching out for all the unreachedBringing the resources so that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessings, Bumper-Sticker, Chance, Christmas Spirit, Church, Circumstances, Connection, Darkness, Embrace, Epiphany, Fame, Feed, Fish and Loaves, Five Thousand, Forge, Generosity, Give, Gospel, Gratitude, In Light Of, Live, Mount Kilimanjaro, Nobility, Opportunity, Paralable, Path, Poetry and Poems, Preach, Promise, Reach, Resurrection, Right Attitude, Satisfaction, Shame, Space, Speak, Spiritual Economy, The Lord, Tomorrow, Truth to Power, Unchurched, Understand, Unreached, Wonder | Leave a comment

The Freedom Agenda

Posted on September 16, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Freedom Agendaby Michael DoyleI read the headlines to my great consternationThat Newsome and others would change our constitutionThe thoughts of over my dead body come to mindIt’s time we leave such foolish thoughts behindIt’s not enough to simply win … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Able, America, American, American Way, Approach, Articulation, Ashes, Attack, Back, Biden, Bidenomics, Big Business, Big Government, Blanket, Blind Man, Borders, Broken, Burn, Change, Cherish, Children, Christians, Cities, Compassion, Consequence, Conservative, Consternation, Constitution, Course, Course Correction, Crisis, Crying Point, Decide, Desire, Detection, Determination, Dignity, Disaster, Down, Education, Election Day, Elections, Elite, Enemies, Energy, Evidence, Faithful, Fight, First Principles, Foolish Thoughts Behind, Forget It, Founding, Freeborn Nation, Freedom, Freedoms, Fruitful, God's Timing, Good, Grounded, Haters of America, Headlines, Heritage, Hope, Ideals, Ideas and Ideals, Indoctrination, Inspection, Inspired, Integrity, Key, Knifepoint, Legacy, Let It, Liberal Policies, Liberty, Locked Arms, Manmade, Masses, Mind, Motion, Nation, Newsome, Nonexistent, Our Freedoms, Outspoken, Over My Dead Body, Pain, Path, Path Ahead, Perish, Poetry and Poems, Point, Policy, Pollices, Prices, Prosperity, Push Back, Questions, Rational Explanation, Real, Rebound, Republican, Right, Right Direction, Saddled, Self-Anoint, Set of Ideals, Shame, Spurious Election Prcoedures, Strength, Strong, Students, The Bible, The Freedom Agenda, The People, Thoughts, Truth, Tyranny, Unvarished Truth, Victory, Virtue, Vision, Way of Life, Weaken, Win, Words, Wrong | Leave a comment

A Touch of Heaven

Posted on September 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Touch of Heavenby Michael DoyleIn this house of worshipNo one disputes His kingshipWorthy is His nameThat takes us beyond our shameWe are thankful for His graceWith opened eyes we know our placeOpened hands are held up in praiseListening to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Days, Dispute, Faith, Feet, God's Word, Grace, Ground, Heal, Heaven, House of Worship, Kingship, Listen, Measure, Mercy, Name, Opened Eyes, Opened Hands, Outside, Place, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pride, Reveal, Shame, Thankful, Touch, Treasure, Truth, Walk, Worthy | 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

Inside the Temple

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Inside the Templeby Michael DoyleThe mercy of God fills the heartOf the blessed souls that will departBut as the light fades, the night grows longFor the sake of the fight, make the coffee strongIt might be hours; it might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Absolve, Blessed Souls, Coffee, Confusion, Days, Demon, Desperate, Destroy, Eternity, Fight, God, Heart, Hours, Inside, Light, Mercy, Name, Night, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Restless, Sacred, Serenity, Shame, Sins, Temple, Unclean Spirits, Vanquish | Leave a comment