Tag Archives: Strength

To Learn To Love

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Colossian 3:13: To Learn To Love by Michael Doyle Bearing as we do with each other Learning daily to forgive and love one another It is always the greatest of love’s expression And the hardest to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Beauty of Trees, the Softness of the Air, the Fragrance of the Grass, They Speak To Me

Posted on June 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, the rhythm of the sea, speaks to me. The faintness of … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Air, Beauty, Chief Dan George, Dewdrop, Faintness, Fire, Flower, Fragrance, Freshness, Grass, Heart, Life, Me, Morning, Mountain, Never Goes Away, Rhythm, Salmon, Sea, Sky, Soars, Softness, Speak, Stars, Strength, Summit, Sun, Taste, Thought For the Day, Thunder, Trail, Trees | Leave a comment

On Attempting To Be A Good Father

Posted on June 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

As Father’s Day approaches, I am thinking a lot on what it means to be a father to my two daughters. I am woefully aware that as they approach their teenage years, there are things I might have said and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Approaches, Attempt, Bless, Case, Cause, Choice, Circumstances, Daughters, Disrupt, Do My Best, Don't Know What To Do, Eyes, Fail, Fall, Family, Father, Father's Day, Father's Face, Find, Follow, Forgive, Forgiveness, God, Good, Good Father, Grace, Guidance, Hard Calling, Hope, Knees, Know, Lead, Learn, Let Down, Little Voice, Live, Look, Love, Lucifer, Mean, Mend, Mercy, My Family, Not In Vain, Pain, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Press Onward, Prevail, Priceless, Princesses, Proud, Providence, See, Show by Example, Show Them, Steel, Strength, Strive, Tear, Tears, Think, Totality, Treasure, True, Two, Understanding, Velvet, Vulnerability, Weaknesses, Will, Wish | Leave a comment

A Champion Rides On

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

There are a lot of great ways out there to be involved in what will actually improve our nation and its society. Among these is to communicate, grow, and then use your voice in effective non-violent ways. One project that … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, Absence of Fear, Adversity, Anarchy, Ancient Tradition, Bigger Person, Build, Champion, Community, Contrary, Conviction, Cope, Cost, Courage, Death Row Inmate, Destroy, Die, Dignity, Dirt Roads, Evidence, Falsity, Family, Gallows, Given Up, God, Good fight, Good Seasons, Grind Down, Hatred, Help, Home, Hope, Hurt, Improve, Innocence Project, Innocent Man, Integrity, Intensity, Involved, Lack Character, Lost, Make Better, Man, Modern Day, Nation, Non-Violence, Opportunity, Penitentiary, Persevere, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Police Misconduct Litigation, Poor, Questionable, Reality, Reasons, Results, Ride, Scared, Shadows, Society, Stand, Standing, Strength, System, Testimony, True Heart, Untrue, World | Leave a comment

On the Gains of Godly Meditation

Posted on May 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Psalm 19:14: On the Gains of Godly Meditation by Michael Doyle The Bible isn’t just words but application We must understand before proper supplication Thinking and asking in prayer and open heart Listening to God, hopeful … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Application, Authority, Blessing, Book of Psalms, Capacity, Circumstance, Clarity, Commandments, Correction, Direction, Faith, Free, Gain, God, Humility, Insight, Joy, Lamp, Learn, Legacy, Listen, Live Right, Meditation, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presence, Principles, Promises, Purity, Saved, Shutting Out, Sin, Sincerity, Spirit, Strength, Supplication, Thinking, Understand, Wisdom, Wise | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Being Deeply Loved By Someone Gives You Strength, While Loving Someone Deeply Gives You Courage

Posted on April 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Laozi

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Courage, Deep, Deeply, Lao Tzu, Loved, Loving, Someone, Strength, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

The Reagan Renewal

Posted on April 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Reagan presidency: The Reagan Renewal by Michael Doyle By the late 70s, the Conservative movement formed a coalition Not all were of the same mind, but it combined of its own volition Seeking smaller government … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1984, American History, Berlin, Brandenberg Gate, Budget, Bureaucratic, Coalition, Cold War, Compel, Conservative Movement, Deficit Spending, Dignity, Electorate, Empathy, Establishment, George H Bush, Gift, Glasnost, Government, Great Communicator, Greater Revenue, History, Hope, Increase, Inflation, Kennedy, Landslide, Liberal Democrat, Long Coat Tails, Lose, Lower Taxes, Mellon, Message, Mikhail Gorbachev, Military, Military Might, Nation, Opportunity, Orwell, Perestroika, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Precision, Public Confidence, Qualification, Question, Questions, Reagan, Reagan/Bush, Recession, Reformation, Regulation, Renewal, SDI, Shining Moment, Small Government, Soviet Union, Spending, Strength, Technocratic, Television, The People, Time, Transformation, Unemployment, Vision, Voice, Win, Youth | Leave a comment

Finding My Strength

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1st Samuel: Finding Strength by Michael Doyle Forever grateful for your serenity In times of fallen indignities That keeps my peace inside Keeping sure footed in my stride Finding strength in my belief In God and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1st Samuel, Attention, Belief, Blessed, Capability, Capacity, Chance, Choice, Circumstance, Comfort, Dwell, Embrace, Fallen, Father, Find, Forever, Free, Full, God, Good, Grace, Grateful, Healing, Indignity, Inside, Living, Norm, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Relief, Right, Serenity, Shelter, Small, Some Days, Spill, Still, Storm, Strength, Stride, Sure Footed, Understood, Voice, Word, Yoke | Leave a comment

A New Nation Born Pt I

Posted on March 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In a continuing cycle on America, we look at the Revolutionary War through England’s defeat at Yorktown: A New Nation Born Pt I by Michael Doyle Let’s have no sense of delusion The united states were but illusion Or, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allusion, America, American Crisis, Army, Bolder, Brith, British Crown, Certainty, Change, Character, Christmas Eve, Colonial, Common Sense, Confusion, Continental Congress, Contribution, Credible, Cross, Dawn, Defense, Delaware, Delusion, Discontent, Dues, Encourage, England, Even, Exhaustion, Fabric, Family, Fragility, Fragmentation, French, General, George Washington, Glory, Hard Times, Hessians, Hope, Landing, Lead, Legacy, Length, Level, Lost, Loyalty, Nation, Navy, New, Odds, Offensive, Pay, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Position, Rag Tag, Revolutionary War, Saratoga, Society, Staten Island, Story, Strength, Summer Soldier, The World Turned Upside Down, Thirds, Thomas Paine, Thrust, Tilt, Triumph, Truth, United States, Valley Forge, Van Steuben, Victory, War, Weak, Will, Winter, Words, Yorktown | Leave a comment

The Spark of Growth

Posted on March 22, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Luke 17:1-6: : The Spark of Growth by Michael Doyle We do not need to live in fear Rather it be from afar or near We must live by faith in our day The Lord is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Aspiration, Assure, Attention, Being, Believe, Best, Blessing, Blindness, Broke, Brother, Build, Candle, Confluence, Correct, Cross, Crumble, Dream, Embrace, Faith, Father, Fear, Final Test, Flag, Flow, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Grace, Grasp, Growth, His, Hold, Home, House, Ignite, Influence, Inspiration, Intention, Jesus, Kindness, Know, Lent, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Luke, Meaning, Meant, Measure, Mercy, Mistake, Model, Mustard Seed, Night, Offense, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pure, Reconcilation, Reptent, Reveal, Right, Righteous, Second Guess, See, Sermon, Shine, Show, Sister, Slow Train, Social, Spark, Standard, Strength, Stumble, Take, Talk, Tell, True, Truth, Upright, Value, Walk, World | Leave a comment