Tag Archives: Strength

In Prayers for My Mother

Posted on May 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Prayers For My Motherby Michael DoyleMy ex-wife recovers from surgery on this Mother’s DayI gave up the weekend she owed to show in some sort of wayThat I wish her to recover and want my daughters to tendTo her … Continue reading →

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An Albatross Weighs Me Down

Posted on May 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

An Albatross Weighs Me Downby Michael DoyleOnce again, I stand reminded of a weightThat my days are numbered and have a dateOn which no more effort will be to my gainI push forward that my life is not in vainIt … Continue reading →

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He Inspires

Posted on May 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

He Inspiresby Michael DoyleThough His body was brokenIn His words that were spokenHe revealed that we are forgivenEven in the times that we live inAs our living hope, He held out His handOffering grace that we might understandThe struggles we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Body, Broken, Darkest Night, Done, Forgiven, Gentleness, Glory, God, Grace, He Inspires, His Puproses, His Story, Holy Spirit, In Him, Justify, Light, Living Hope, Poetry and Poems, Shine, Son, Speak, Spoken, Strength, Struggle, Testify, Times, Tire, Truth, Understand, Ways, Whisper, Words | Leave a comment

Saltwater Traces

Posted on April 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Saltwater Tracesby Michael DoyleLooking out from the edge of the ocean’s shoreThere is a vast expanse we’ve yet to exploreWe know so little about our Mother OceanAnd yet, fools like me are filled with devotionLimited as we are by human … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Baptized, Beginning, Begins, Blood, Board, Breadth, Brutality, Calm, Colors and Emotions, Dance, Devotion, Dip, Edge, Emotion, Ending, Eternity, Explore, Fascination, Feelings, Fools Like Me, Gaze, Graves, Hair, Human Contemplation, Human Perceptions, Humble, Immortality, Know, Length, Life, Limited, Majesty, Mankind, Measure, Moment, Mother Ocean, Ocean, Patches, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Pounding Waves, Reflective, Reminder, Repeitition, Salt, Saltwater Traces, Sands, Scale, Sea, Shadow, Shallows, Shore, Strength, Sunlight, Sweat, Tears, Time and Space, Toes, Touch, Vast Expanse, Winds, Windswept, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: There Are Two Ways of Exerting One’s Strength: One Is Pushing Down, the Other Is Pulling up

Posted on April 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” – Booker T. Washington, reformer, educator, and author (5 Apr 1856-1915)

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With Uplifted Voice

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

With Uplifted Voiceby Michael DoyleWith uplifted voiceWe join in our praiseKeeping the spirit to rejoiceThroughout our daysAs long as the day has lengthThe Lord is my special strengthAs the days pass, once againWe end each prayer with AmenProtecting us as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 10 Foot Tall, Amen, Chains, Circumstance, Darkness, Days, Fall, Freinds, God, Hand-In-Hand, Join Hands, Length, Libery, Light, Link, Pass, Poetry and Poems, Pottect, Praise, Prayer, Rejoice, Sins, Soul, Spirit, Story Ends, Strength, Strong, Uplift, Victory, Victory Song, Vidtory, Voice, Washed | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Strength Does Not Come From Winning. Your Struggles Develop Your Strengths. When You Go Through Hardships and Decide Not To Surrender, That Is Strength

Posted on March 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Floodgate

Posted on February 11, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Floodgateby Michael DoyleI know that my place is reservedBy grace, Heaven is now deservedFor a sinner who once did wrongI have changed, and now I belongWhile it is that all aroundThis wicked world is shakingI cling to the grace I’ve … Continue reading →

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Truth of Dust Roads Taken

Posted on January 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Truth of Dust Roads Takenby Michael DoyleSome of the deepest truths are told in fictionEspecially those of times of historical frictionPushed into competition over narrowed resourcesInherent conflicts rise as nature takes its coursesSome conflicts come with visible tags of shameWhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ages, Author, Back, Blame, Certainty, Competition, Conflict, Darkness, Dearth, Death, Deeper Thoughts, Deepest Truth, Depression, Deprive, Desperation, Disappear, Dust Bowl, Dust Road, Fiction, Forward, Hard Times, Harshness, Heavy Vintage, Historical Friction, Humanity, Ignorance and Greed, Lasting Impression, Learn, Nature, Pages, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prophesy, Resources, Rot, Sin, Strength, Survive, Symbolized, Tags of Shame, Taint, Tears, Tenacity, Truth, Virtue, Wrath | Leave a comment

The Meekness of His Glory

Posted on December 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Meekness of His Gloryby Michael DoyleAs Emmanuel, He walked among usAs it was, simply becauseHe wanted humanity to rise to the gloryThat is the sum of the gospel storyJohn’s narrative came from a unique perspectiveTangible as a tale of … Continue reading →

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