Tag Archives: Stars

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

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About Trees

Posted on June 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

About Treesby Michael DoyleDriving through the forestIt can be a bit like a testTo know that they pleaseAs you examine all the treesFrom saplings up to the heightsA million reasons offer delightSome live through the centuriesAll offer their sweet legaciesBranched … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged About Trees, All of Life, Biology, Branched Out, Breath, Call Us Out, Centuries, Define, Delight, Drive, Dvinity, Ecology, Embrace, Examine, Forest, Generations, God's Creations, Grace, Hearts, Heights, Illusion, Indiana, Infinity, Kentucky, Legacies, Life, Live, Living Memory, Living Spaces, Love, Lucky, Mankind, Million Reasons, Niche, Numberless, Offer, Old Growth Patches, Please, Poetry and Poems, Realign, Relationship, Restorative, Root Systems, Saplings, Space, Spirituality, Stars, Start, Test, Timeless Regeneration, Travelers, Trees, Woodlands, Worship | Leave a comment

Nature and Dignity Earned

Posted on June 4, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nature and Dignity Earnedby Michael DoyleThere’s a quiet in natureThat you won’t find in the cityIt helps you to think and matureLearning what is and isn’t prettyThis is especially true of the soulAs you learn the value of self-controlBeing where … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Born To Be, Chance, Circumstance, City, Critical Moments, Danger, Decide, Deserve, Dignity Earned, Discern, Experience, Eyes, Face-To-Face, Felt, Give, Grace, Heart, Humility, Imprint, Known, Learn, Live, Lives, Master Ourselves, Mature, Meant, Nature, Observe, Outcome, Paths, Places, Poetry and Poems, Pretty, Quiet, See, Self-Control, Shown, Soul, Stars, Start, Step, Teach, Think, Traces, True, Value, Wish | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Stars of Heaven and Their Constellations Will Not Show Their Light. The Rising Sun Will Be Darkened and the Moon Will Not Give Its Light

Posted on April 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.” – Isaiah 13:10

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Constellations, Dark, First Principles, Heaven, Isaiah 13:10, Light, Moon, Rising Sun, Show, Stars | Leave a comment

The Something Better

Posted on March 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Something Betterby Michael DoyleWe all need our person we can go toIt’s the heart and soul of me and youSomeone to fit in with who we areThe seventh string on a six-string guitarWe share ourselves molded like clayTo find … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Acceptance, Art, Beautiful Smile, Become, Believe, Beyond, Clay, Common, Connections, Deceived, Different, Door, Equally Weighed, Fit, Focus, Forever Stay, Foward, Go To, Guitar, Heart, Heart and Soul, Hidden, Hold Tight, Laugh, Little Details, Love, Me and You, Mold, Moments, More, Multiple Choices, Need, Never Leave, Our Person, Poetry and Poems, Received, Repentance, Reverent, Right, Share, Silent Prayers, Small Voices, Something Better, Souls, Speak, Stars, Style, This Time, Tight, Together, What's Real, Wish | Leave a comment

A Void of Emptiness

Posted on March 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Void of Emptinessby Michael DoyleApproaching the study of the edges of space Has only begun as technology sets the paceFor the time, it must be studied in deferenceAs it is a humbling, character-building experienceThe stars we watch are like … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Alone, Anguish, Approach, Bell Jars, Better Angels, Beyond, Bleak, Bond, Breathing, Burn, Character Building, Choose, Compelling, Conversations, Crash, Cruelty, Decontamination, Deference, Distant Stars, Ebb and Flow, Edge, Emptiness, Envy, Essence, Experience, Fail, Fear, Flow, Forest, Happiness, Heads, Hear, Heirs Apparent, Human Heart, Humbling, Hurt, Imagination, Intrude, Jealousy, Know, Learn, Loneliness, Love One Another, Made of Stone, Making Friends, Moments, Mortals, Moving Sea, Muddy Waters, Need, One Another, Others, Ourselves, Ovens, Overwhelming, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Shore, So Much Love, Soul Revealing, Space, Stars, Strive, Study, Suffering, Sum, Swear, Taking Form, Technology, Transparent, Trees, Vanity, Voice, Void, Voyage, Watch, Watch Back, Waves, Wear, Wore, Worn | Leave a comment

First Principles: Those Who Are Wise Will Shine Like the Brightness of the Heavens, and Those Who Lead Many To Righteousness, Like the Stars For Ever and Ever

Posted on February 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.”- Daniel 12:3 (NIV)

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A New Horizon

Posted on February 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A New Horizonby Michael DoyleOpen up your eyes and seeLook into the new horizonThe morning light brings possibilityShining on without corruptionThe purity of this new dayLies in your hands to be madeThe rain may fall along the wayBut don’t hide … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Afraid, Arc, Begin Again, Believe, Bound, Childhood, Compassion, Corruption, Darkness, Ears, Eyes, Fears, Forget, Future, Hand In Hand, Hands, Hate, Hide Away, Hoome, Keep, Known, Late, Leave, Light, Look, Love, Made, Morning Light, New Day, New Horizon, Northern, Ourselves, Past, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Purity, Rain, Run, See, Shadow, Shine, Stars, Today, Truth, Understand, Understood, Way, Whisper, Win, Woods | Leave a comment

A Hymn For A Winter’s Day

Posted on January 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

A Hymn For A Winter’s Dayby Michael DoyleLeaning by the firesidePutting away my vain prideFear is not my wayI’ll follow the Lord in all my daysGod’s house is my dwellingGod’s love is my true ceilingAs I find my heart in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alone, Burn, Ceiling, Darkest Day, Day, Days, Death, Dwelling, Fear, Fireside, Follow, God's House, Heart, Him, History, Humanity, Hymn, Jesus, Joy, King, Lean, Light, Lord, Love, Moments, Naigate, Not My Way, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Pride, Put Away, Rolled Away, Savior, Silent, Sing, Stars, Stay, Stone, The Lord, Victory, Winter's Day | Leave a comment

Life So Far

Posted on January 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Life So Farby Michael DoyleIn the righteousness and errorsLife is often smoke and mirrorsWe walk in our best composureAnd hiding ourselves from exposureOf being seen for who we areHoping our best selves will travel farWe hide ourselves in the shadowsHoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bare, Best Friends, Best Selves, Care, Charades, Composure, Confusion, Determine, Done, Doubt, Errors, Exposure, Face-To-Face, Fall, Feel, Found, Game, Ground, Happiness, Heart, Helpless, Hide, Hope, Illusion, Know, Life, Life So Far, Little Losses, Living History, Lost, Low, Made, Matter, Misery, Pieces, Pierce, Play, Poetry and Poems, Remains, Resiliency, Righteousness, Saying, Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, Soul, Splinters, Stars, This Far, Truth, Uncertain, Undone, Waking Days, Walk, Who We Are | Leave a comment