Tag Archives: Stand

We Manage To Stand

Posted on February 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

We Manage To Standby Michael DoyleSunset captures fear’s reflectionAs the kitten meanders in the right directionUnhungry and not seeking some timid mouseBut rather the warmth of the familiar houseOnce the hunter, now the preyThe game of life has danger in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Chase, Company, Danger, Drift, Familiar House, Fear, Flood, Fortune, Game of Life, Hunter, Kitten, Manage, Meander, Misery, Mouse, Play, Poetry and Poems, Prey, Reflection, Right Direction, Stand, Sunset, Survival, Sympathy, Trampled Underfoot, Unhungry, Wamth, Water's Flow | Leave a comment

Shifting Through the Ashes

Posted on February 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Shifting Through the Ashesby Michael DoyleStanding here talking close togetherYou say it’s for worse or for betterShifting through the ashes of an argumentCan you tell me, baby, where the money’s spent?You laugh and concede it as a steady needWaiting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above the Skies, Alone, Angels of Fortune, Ashes, Ashes of An Argument, Beauty, Better, Bitterness, Child, Child of the sun, Collide, Conceal, Concede, Connect, Constellations, Danger, Doom, Drink, Echo, Emptiness, Eyes, Falling Stars, False Idol, Fascination, Fire's Glow, Follow, Games, God of Wishful Thinking, Gorgeous, Guess, Hand, Held, Her Man, Hide, Ignore, In the End, Inside, Joy For Life, Laugh, Lies, Likes To Look Good, Lips, Long, Love, Money, Need, Nexus, Pleasd, Poetry and Poems, Pretend, Pride, Ramble, Shadow, Shift, Stand, Star Maps, Stranger's Room, Talk, Together, Too Late, Trick, Truth, Two, Woman, Worse | Leave a comment

A Call For the Nation’s Unity

Posted on January 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Call For the Nation’s Unityby Michael DoyleFor God’s good satisfactionPrayers must be followed by the right actionsThis is true in our way of governmentEspecially if we are seeking after our improvementWe know we care for our familyWe must, therefore, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversity, America, Call, Center, Common Ground, Cost, Debate, Dignity, Divinity, Family, Foundation, God, God's Help, Government, Heart, History, Honesty, Humility, Improvement, Lasting Peace, Mandate, Mercy, Nation, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Prayer, Right Action, Satisfaction, Shining Light, Speak, Stand, Start, Steady, Storm, Treat, Truth, Understand, Uniffier, Unity | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Ultimate Measure of A Man Is Not Where He Stands In Moments of Comfort and Convenience, But Where He Stands At Times of Challenge and Controversy

Posted on January 14, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Challenge, Comfort, Controversy, Convenience, Lltimate, Man, Martin Luther King Jr., Measure, Stand, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Emptiness Revealed

Posted on January 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Emptiness Revealedby Michael DoyleMomma says, “kneel and pray”The last words after a long dayLife finds its way, however unkindSometimes, I don’t know how I’ll findMy way to keep on standingThe forces that push me are demandingThat I be strong despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Art of Cruelty, Believe, Broken Society, Chase, Cling, Connection, Deceive, Deception, Edge, Embrace, Emptiness, Fooling Myself, Forces, Lifee, Living Years, Long Day, Miss, Momma Says, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Sensation, Serpent, Stand, Strong, Suffered, Surface, Temptation, Truth, Unkind, World | Leave a comment

First Principles: To Become Truly Great, One Has To Stand With People, Not Above Them

Posted on September 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” – Baron de Montesquieu

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The King of Glory

Posted on September 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The King of Gloryby Michael DoyleGrateful for the battles wonI sing praise for the SonWe have been set freeThe Lord has brought us victoryTaking a stand against the adversaryHolding to the holy and nothing contraryThere is nothing to fear or … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Adversary, Battles, Contrary, Days, Doubt, Each of Us, Essence, Fear, God, Grace, Graceful Ages, Grateful, Hold, Holy, King of Glory, Light, Lord's Name, Might, Nothing, Pages, Part, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Presence, Protect, Set Free, Sing, Song, Stand, Star, Story, Testament, The Lord, The Son, Victories, Victory, War Cries, Without Blame, Worship | Leave a comment

I Stand Justified

Posted on August 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I Stand Justifiedby Michael DoyleGod’s grace rewrote my storyTo be touched by His gloryBy grace, I will testifyAbout the God that I deifyGreater things have yet to comeAs we join linked to His kingdomAll that good that I can conceiveBecomes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above Us All, Ages, Apart, Blessed, By Grace, Church, Clever, Crumbled, Deify, Efforts, Forever, God, God's Grace, Guide, Healed, Hearts, Held Up, Holy, Holy Name, Joined, Justified, Kill, Life, New Possibility, One Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Remain, Resonate, Rewrote, Sacred Hand, Seek, Self-Crucified, Separate, Shown, Smart Enough, Span, Stand, Story, Testify, The Lord, Thousand Generations, Thousand Pages, Times, Tried, Tumbled, Understand, Veneration, Wiser, Worthy, Written, Wrong | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Life, Forever Dying To Be Born Afresh, Forever Young and Eager, Will Presently Stand Upon This Earth As Upon A Footstool, and Stretch Out Its Realm Amidst the Stars

Posted on July 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Life, forever dying to be born afresh, forever young and eager, will presently stand upon this Earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars.” – H.G. Wells

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Born, Dying, Earth, Footstool, Forever, Forever Young, H.G. Wells, Life, Realm, Stand, Stars, Stretch, Thought For the Day, Upon | Leave a comment

Owed To America 2024

Posted on July 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Owed To America 2024by Michael DoyleMy daughters ask me why is it you cryI think back on history and will not lieToo many brave souls have fought and diedFor us not to have mourned and criedThere was a time when … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, America, American Nation, Battle, Belief, Believe, Bend Their Knees, Bleed, Blue, Brave, Brave Souls, Cause, Ceaseless, Color, Courage, Cried, Cry, Danger, Daughters, Dedication, Defeat, Despotic Crown, Died, Fear, Fight, Fire, Fought, Freedom, Good, History, Hope, Ill, Imagination, Inspiration, Inspire, Internal Eney, Judgment Day, Justice, Kind, Land, Liberty, Lie, Love, Measure, More, Mourn, Nation, Owed To America 2024, Passing Years, People, Photography, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Red, Rights, Road, Save, Spark, Stand, Stand Tall, Street, Strength, Sweet Land, This Land, Time, Travel, Unbeatable, Values, White | Leave a comment