Tag Archives: Times

Faith Where Satan Lives

Posted on October 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Faith Where Satan Livesby Michael DoyleThere are times of great expectationBut none so much as in RevelationEschatology teaches us, and we learnAll the things that we need to discernKnowing what is spoken is realHas the possibility of making our spine … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of the Others

Posted on September 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” – William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Experience, Imagination, Observation, Supply, Thought For the Day, Three Things, Times, Two, William Faulkner, Writer | Leave a comment

Moments Like John Muir

Posted on September 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Moments Like John Muirby Michael DoyleSometimes, the city’s too many facesIt makes me dream of faraway placesWhere my heart can fade into the nightTraces of beauty replace blinding lightTimes in the wilderness are best for meSometimes, it’s a matter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Best Moments, Blinding Light, Body and Soul, Bouquet, Build, City, Clarity, Cool Streams, Country, Dirt Paths, Doorway, Dream, Face, Faraway Places, Forest, Glens, Good, Good Tidings, Heal, Heart, Hidden Country, Jagged Edge, John Muir, Moments, Mountain Peaks, Mountains, Necessity, Night, Passing Days, Peace, Pines, Play, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Restore, Return, Sanctuary, Scent, Seek, Shaken, Sincerity, Stay, Strife, Stroll, Times, Trace, Unmistaken, Wilderness, Wildflowers, Wilds, Woods | Leave a comment

First Principles: We Should Never Despair, Our Situation Before Has Been Unpromising and Has Changed For the Better, So I Trust, It Will Again

Posted on August 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Again, Better, Change, Despair, Difficulties, Effort, Exertions, Exigency, First Principles, George Washington, Proportion, Situation, Times, Trust, Unpromising | 1 Comment

I Stand Justified

Posted on August 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

I Stand Justifiedby Michael DoyleGod’s grace rewrote my storyTo be touched by His gloryBy grace, I will testifyAbout the God that I deifyGreater things have yet to comeAs we join linked to His kingdomAll that good that I can conceiveBecomes … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above Us All, Ages, Apart, Blessed, By Grace, Church, Clever, Crumbled, Deify, Efforts, Forever, God, God's Grace, Guide, Healed, Hearts, Held Up, Holy, Holy Name, Joined, Justified, Kill, Life, New Possibility, One Path, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Remain, Resonate, Rewrote, Sacred Hand, Seek, Self-Crucified, Separate, Shown, Smart Enough, Span, Stand, Story, Testify, The Lord, Thousand Generations, Thousand Pages, Times, Tried, Tumbled, Understand, Veneration, Wiser, Worthy, Written, Wrong | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Truth Is So Obscure In These Times, and Falsehood So Established, That, Unless We Love the Truth, We Cannot Know It

Posted on June 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.” – Blaise Pascal

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Blaise Pascal, Established, Falsehood, Know, Love, Obscure, Thought For the Day, Times, Truth | 1 Comment

Joyful Contemplation

Posted on June 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Joyful Contemplationby Michael DoyleLooking back on times I’ve hadI rejoice and find myself gladI’m certain of things I believeAnd I stand ready to receiveKnowing that God is wise and strongAnd I am often weak and often wrongI bless God’s name … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Certain, Contemplation, Days, Embrace, Glad, God, God's Name, Holy S;piirt, Joy, Joyful, Know, Looking Back, Mortal Limits, Place, Poetry and Poems, Power, Praise, Receive, Rejoice, The Lord, Times, Weak and Often Wrong, Wise and Strong | Leave a comment

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

Sandhill Cranes Revisited

Posted on June 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Sandhill Cranes Revisitedby Michael DoyleEvery year Sometimes twice a yearWe would make our pilgrimage Off to Jasper PulaskiTens of thousands of cranes Filled the airZoning in on their nesting groundsZig-zag patterns as grouping Crossed by grouping Into what looks like … Continue reading →

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Big Sur

Posted on May 19, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Big Surby Michael DoyleThinking back under Indiana’s rainMemories of a life spent in refrainWhere too much was never quite enoughAnd jokers begged a thief to call his bluffI remember back to when weeks were doneWe’d pack the car to drive … Continue reading →

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