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The Geometry of Divine Form

Posted on January 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Geometry of Divine Formby Michael DoyleEveryone it seems makes their mistakesBut is is the what we do with the heartbreaksThat makes all of the most meaningful differenceA life well lived holds this with reverenceSuch is the same even of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Actions, Adoration, Best Choice, Brave Enough, Cardinal Virtues, Change, Common, Constant Court, Corrupt, Courage, Days, Define, Democracy, Desire, Destruction, Difference, Divine Form, Divine Forms, Doing Onto Others, Everyone, Exemplification, Fatal Blindness, Footnote, Geometry, Government, Great Questions, Greedy, Heartbreaks, Heed, History, Humanity, Instruction, Justice, Life Well Lived, Listen, Living Perfection, Meaningful, Meant, Mistakes, Moderation, Pages, Pander, Philosopher-King, Plato, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Principled Voice, Purpose, Republican Ways, Reverence, Right, Satisfaction, Seeking Glory, Self-Afflicted, Self-Interest, Sound Principles, Studying, Teach, Thread, Time, Tomorrow, True, Tyranny, Wisdom, Wisest Course, Worst Slander, Writing, Written | Leave a comment

First Principles: The Bible Is the Best of All Books, For It Is the Word of God and Teaches Us the Way To Be Happy In this World and In the Next

Posted on December 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Condescend, merciful Father! to grant as far as proper these imperfect petitions, to accept these inadequate thanksgivings, and to pardon whatever of sin hath mingled in them for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Savior; unto Whom, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Book, Choice, Christian Nation, Christians, Duty, First Principles, God, Happy, Honor and Glory, Interest, Jesus Christ, John Jay, Life, Lord and Savior, Pardon, Petition, Precepts, Privilege, Providence, Read, Regulate, Rulers, Sin, Spirit, Teach, Thanksgiving, The Bible, Word of God, World | Leave a comment

Bumping Into Jesus

Posted on November 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Bumping Into Jesusby Michael DoyleDivine encounters along the wayIt doesn’t necessarily happen on SundayLittle moments that teach usPut on as these are to reach usBumps on the road have their distractionThe way through gives the best tractionEach moment is given … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bumping, Certain, Chance, Circumstance, Clarity, Conclusion, Confusing, Cross, Depart, Distraction, Divine, Divine Encounter, Experience, Faithfulness, Fragment, Glory, God's Hand, Goodness, Heart, Horrify, Hour, Insecurity, Invasion, Invitation, Jesus, Light, Little Moments, Ordinary, Perceptions, Poetry and Poems, Preference, Promised Land, Purity, Reach, Story, Sunday, Teach, Teaching Moment, Throne, Trace, Traction, Trust, Understand, Victory, View, Water, Wine | Leave a comment

Inconvenience Into Resemblance

Posted on October 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Inconvenience Into Resemblanceby Michael DoyleCasting aside the inconvenienceLooking instead for the resemblanceIs he your bother or a brother?What happened to loving one another?Red letter moments meant to teach usEach word said in try to reach usPassages that speak to heartachesMeant … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Belong, Bother, Brother, Done, Dwell, Embrace, Embraces, Encourage, Factual, Faith, Gentle Correction, God, God's Loving Arms, Goodness, Grace, Healing Hand, Healthy, Heartaches, His Love, Hurt, Importance, Incovenience, Jesus, Leaning In, Loving One Another, Me, Messy Spaces, Missing, Mistakes, Passages, Poetry and Poems, Potential, Purity, Pursuit, Reach, Red Letter, Reflection, Resemblance, Sacred, Seasons, Sick, Sobering, Speak, Spiritual Perfection, Stepping Into, Teach, Teaches, Thee, Toward, True, Wrong | Leave a comment

Pushed and Pulled

Posted on September 28, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Yesterday, September 27, 2021, was the last day of prescribed cardiac rehab. They tell me that I am doing excellently. The only admonishment given was that I should keep in mind not to work out as hard as my spirit … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Admonishment, Allow, Bluff, Brought, Cardiac Rehab, Caught, Change, Do Good, Enough Is Enough, Every Inch of Ground, Every Struggle, Excel, Excellence, Feel, Found, Grown, Habits of A Lifetime, Hard, Heed, Higher Ground, Hope, Less, Life, Little More, Live, Live Another Day, Living, Making of Life, Misunderstood, Moderately, More, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Pull, Push, Range, Reach, Road, Seek, Seldom, Shore, Shown, Spirit, Strain, Strive, Sufficiency, Taught, Teach, Time | Leave a comment

Split the Difference

Posted on January 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Split the Differenceby Michael DoyleKicking back with my girls on the holidaysSharing life with them in a million waysWhen we happened on a soulful snip of movieWith a lot of heart that played out groovyThere in the middle of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 3-D, Abstract, Beat, Celestial Concept, Complicated Hearts, Culture, Difference, Displayed, Dreams, Each of Us, Enough, Every Bit, Everyone, Explore, Fascination, Fluff, Forgot, Future, Get Jazzy, Great Before, Greater, Groovy, Hear, Holidays, Improvised Part, In REach, Inference, Ink Dab, Jazz, Joy, Keep, Kicking Back, Known, Learn, Lennon, Lesson, Life, Living Our Soul, Lot of Heart, Lyric, Meaning of Life, Middle, Million Ways, Moment, Movie, My Girls, Nature, Needed Role, Nurture, Our Meaning To Others, Panorama, Parts, Photograph, Plausibility, Play, Played Out, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Possibility, Postulation, Preach, Present, Probability, Pseudo-Intellectual, Punditry, Repartee, Say, Screens, Shadows, Sharing Life, Soul, Soulful, Split, Splitting the Difference, Stories, Subtle, Sum, Super Stars, Teach, The Streets, Tough, Twist, Waiting, Wonders of Life | Leave a comment

For Bill of Rights Day

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

For Bill of Rights Dayby Michael DoyleTo embark on teaching history of the pastEngages us with the things that lastThe best way of doing this of courseIs to teach things right from the sourceBefore going further, let me just sayHappy … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Assert, Assertion, Beacon, Bill of Rights Day, Candid, Civic, Civic Virtue, Civil, Dark Night, Debate, Design, Education, Engage, Enlighten, Faith and Family, Fundamental, Great Nation, History, Ignorance, Join Together, Last, Lessons, Liberty, Light, Limited Government, Marvel, Mystery, Participation, Photograph, Pillars, Poetry and Poems, Policy, Polite, Public Square, Reason, Rule of Law, Say and Do, Source, Stand, Teach, Treason, Truth and Light, Tyranny, Viewpoints, World | Leave a comment

In the Precedent of 2020

Posted on December 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In the Precedent of 2020by Michael DoyleThere is something setQuietly there in the precedentAn unlikely principle we forgetThat we’d not be without accidentWho it is that we are todayI hope that’s not too flippant to sayThat despite our efforts to … Continue reading →

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Great Things Come Unexpected

Posted on November 29, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Great Things Come Unexpectedby Michael DoyleI have found in lifeThat it’s not to be neglectedTo say only that sometimesGreat things come unexpectedOpportunity sometimes fallsRight into our lapsAnd when that chance callsWith its rings or its rapsIt’s the only answer that … Continue reading →