Tag Archives: Test

Processing Transformation

Posted on May 9, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

1 John 3:1-10 Processing Transformationby Michael Doyle As the children of God, we know loveShined down from the heavens aboveTo know this hope in God in which we will stayWe are forgiven to the extent we no longer stray We … Continue reading →

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As If From Nowhere

Posted on April 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

As If From Nowhereby Michael DoyleHorrific images arise as if from nowhereThe sort of created crucifixion of unspoken fearHounded by the talons of the furiesThat creep up very slowly and kill with a hurryBringing back the Temple of Apollo, At … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandonment, As If, Athena, Avenged, Avenger, Banish, Beauty, Body and Mind, Brand, Chest, Child, Circumstances, Conspire, Create, Creation, Creep, Crime, Crucifixion, Delphi, Dissonant, Divine, Doubt, Dread, Empire, Evil, Explanation, Exploitation, Fataility, Fatality, Free Agency, Gobsmacking, Gods, Heart of Darkness, Horrific Images, Horror, Humanity, Hurry, Iconic Moment, Importance, Impotence, Incoherence, Love, Man's, Mankind, Moments, Monsters, Morality, Murder, Narcissus, Nostoro, Nowhere, Parents, Pervasive, Plain View, Poet, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Rebellion, Refines, Serial Killer, Shattered Lullabies, Shriek, Sublime, Symphony, Synchroniciites, Tactile, Taken For Granted, Tales, Talons, Temple of Apollo, Test, The Furies, Thought, Torment, Triumph, Undoable, Unspoken Fear, Unwanted, Witches' Brew, Wounded Imagination, Wrong Doing, Zeus | Leave a comment

One-To-One Hearted

Posted on March 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

One-To-One Heartedby Michael DoyleThere best belongs to be foundIn the miss that comes aroundWhere nothing becomes the somethingThat brings the best of everythingSo often we walk feeling perplexedUnsure of how it all connectsBut if we listen really hardOur dreams show … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Best of Everything, Blessing, Breaking, Brink, Broken, Challenges, Coming Up Short, Connects, Correct, Deference, Deficient, Distance, Dreams, Experience, Faith, Forgive, Found, Fruits, Future, God's Grace, Grace, Heartbreaks, Hearted, Helpful, Humanity, Kingdom, Lessons Learned, Listen, Locked Eyes, Miss, Mistakes, Mistaking, No Disguise, Not Prefect, Nothing, Nurture, One-To-One, Perplexed, Poetry and Poems, Recognize, Record, Shame, Something, Spiritual Maturity, Spoken, Stay Humble, Stretched In Our Thinking, Stumbles, Sufficienct, Test, The Lord, Think, Toast, Truth, Truth of God, Wild Card, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Three Things In Life

Posted on February 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Three Things In Lifeby Michael DoyleThere is something to the power of threeThat speaks to heart and soul of divinityIt seems it all begins and ends with loveWithout which there is no gaining heaven aboveThere are three things in life … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Best, Divnity, Easy, Heat and Soul, Heaven, Love, Opportunity, Poetry and Poems, Power of Three, Recall, Test, Three Things In Life, Time, Words | Leave a comment

Rough Edges

Posted on November 11, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Rough Edgesby Michael DoyleSometimes it seemsI’ve lost all my dreamsAt the rough edgesAnd window ledgesAre all I’m hanging ontoIt’s been so long since I’ve held youStuck working the night shiftIn a world full of griftThe system works its cutAgainst the … Continue reading →

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Pretender or Contender

Posted on October 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Pretender or Contenderby Michael DoyleDrawing on song lyrics in my dayMakes life special in its own wayThe singer is my daughter, and she’s on fireAs legends are made to grow and conspireA life led in three-part inspirationWe all know the … Continue reading →

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The Chasm Between

Posted on August 10, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Chasm Betweenby Michael DoyleWhen man creates the perfect machineWill it be as some utopian dreamsOr will they find the chasm betweenWho we are and how we wish to seemIs one which it escapes all detectionThat mortals such as we … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Begun, Between, Body, Breaks, Chasm, Create, Detection, Flaws, Friends, Love, Man, Mind, Mistakes, Mortals, Perfect Machine, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Recalibration, Start, Test, Utopian Dreams, Wish | Leave a comment

To Believe and To Receive

Posted on August 6, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

To Believe and To Receiveby Michael Doyle Having no fear as fishers of menWalking us back from too much sinSpiritual truth to wrap ourselves aroundWhatever the situations in which we’re found God waits to make our lives be the bestThe … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Alive, Best, Church, Fishers of Men, God, NoFear, Poetry and Poems, Reins, Rock, Sin, Situations, Spiritual Truth, Test, Walking Us Back | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The False Theory of Progress Maintains That We Alter the Test Instead of Trying To Pass the Test

Posted on July 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The false theory of progress maintains that we alter the test instead of trying to pass the test.” – G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Alter, False Theory, G.K. Chesterton, Maintain, Pass, Progress, Test, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Blessed, Broken, and Given

Posted on June 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Blessed, Broken, and Givenby Michael DoyleWe live in the era of the offendedWhile we’ve forgotten that we’re friendedBy a friend who teaches in His storyThe ways to move past offense into gloryHave a sharp mind in every interrogationFinding discernment in … Continue reading →

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