Tag Archives: Touch

On Which Life Depends

Posted on November 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On Which Life Dependsby Michael DoyleWe play games aimed to pleaseAs we touch and you teaseShowing me your personal spacesAnd touching me with your tracesThese linger inside my mindYours is the touch that I’ve wanted to findI am in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, Begins, Blur, Close, Connection, Depends, Emotions, Ends, Everything, Explore, Fear, Feelings, Forget-Me-Nots, Games, Heat, Life, Linger, Melt, Mind, Night, Paces, Passion, Personal Spaces, Please, Poetry and Poems, Practicality, Presence, Reflection, Sensuality, Stumble, Summer, Tease, Touch, Traces, Understanding, Walk Through | Leave a comment

A Touch of Heaven

Posted on September 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

A Touch of Heavenby Michael DoyleIn this house of worshipNo one disputes His kingshipWorthy is His nameThat takes us beyond our shameWe are thankful for His graceWith opened eyes we know our placeOpened hands are held up in praiseListening to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Days, Dispute, Faith, Feet, God's Word, Grace, Ground, Heal, Heaven, House of Worship, Kingship, Listen, Measure, Mercy, Name, Opened Eyes, Opened Hands, Outside, Place, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Pride, Reveal, Shame, Thankful, Touch, Treasure, Truth, Walk, Worthy | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose

Posted on August 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged All Events, Blessings, Coincidences, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Everythhing, Given, Know, Learn, Life, No Mistakes, Purpose, Silence, Thought For the Day, Touch, Yourself | Leave a comment

Everything Made Easier

Posted on July 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Everything Made Easierby Michael DoyleEverything is made easier with a breathAnd the touch of your handI look into your soul and find the depthThat has always helped me to understandIt’s there in our strength of connectionSeeing from your perspective forms … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Agree, Arms Open Wide, Bond, Breath, Connection, Depth, Easier, Every Sight, Everything, Feeling, Forgive, Heart, History, Love, Love Again, Perspective, Poetry and Poems, Renewed, Respond, Selfless, Side, Soul, Soul's Revealing, Strength, Touch, True Affection, Understand, Your Eyes | Leave a comment

On the Role of Grandparenting

Posted on June 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

On the Role of Grandparentingby Michael DoyleIn a celebration of one anotherWe commemorate the blessings of each otherThis is part of being God’s familyAs we live within God’s holy communityThe lessons taught by new facesAre blessed when revisited by old … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blessing, Boom, Celebration, Community, Confidence, Death, Dignity, Embrace, Example, Expression, Full Attention, God's Family, Godly Intention, Gospel, Grandparenting, Grandparents, Honor, Integrity, Lasting Impression, Legacy, Lessons, Life, Living Culture, Love, Loved and Safe, Loving Eyes, New Faces, Nurture, Old Traces, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Purpose, Quality, Relevance, Reveal, Reverence, Role, Scrapbook, Shape, Stages, Talk, Tongue, Touch, Tradition, Values, Walk the Walk | Leave a comment

The Kindness of A Godly Mother

Posted on May 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

The Kindness of A Godly Motherby Michael DoyleHold on to the wisdom found within the WordDespite all the foolishness that has occurredThe Bible is replete with examples understoodOf women who were mothers, holy and goodThough often imperfect, that’s not the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accomplishments, Appreciation, Assurance, Before Begun, Best, Blessed Family, Can-Do Attitude, Discern, Discouragement, Done, Embodied, Encouragement, Examples, Excellent Quality, Explanation, Faith and Answers, Faithful Reliance, Fear, Foolishness, Generosity, Giving Heart, Goal, Godly Mother, Grace, Gracefully Forgive, Happiness, Hear It, Holy and Good, Hope, Impart, Imperfect, Joy, Kept, Kindness, Leaning In, Lessons To Learn, Love, Loved Family, Measured Test, Next Generation, Organized Life, Poetry and Poems, Practice, Prayer, Productive, Promises, Quit, Reflection of Jesus, Regret, Rest, Righteousness, Serving Spirit, Soul, Story, Stress, Take Heed, Teach, Tears, Tears Wept, Tenderhearted, The Bible, the Word, Touch, True, Truths To Confess, Unconditionally, Veneration, Wisdom, Years | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring…To Turn A Life Around

Posted on March 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Care, Honest Compliment, Kind Word, Listening Ear, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Too Often, Touch, Underestimate | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring To Turn A Life Around

Posted on March 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Act of Caring, Honest Complient, Kind Word, Leo Buscaglia, Potential, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Touch, Turn A Life Around | Leave a comment

Let the Party Begin

Posted on November 5, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Let the Party Beginby Michael DoyleDon’t let your emotionsCloud your best judgmentKeeping faith in your devotionDespite the world’s begrudgementFailures never help one’s attitudeStill it’s best to keep in gratitudeFor all the good that has come beforeBrings a feeling we cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attitude, Begin, Begrudge, Brook, Confuse, Crown, Days, Drink Up, Emotion, Emotions, Eyes, Failures, Frown, Good, Gratitude, Human Condition, Ignore, Judgment, Laughter, Look, Nice, Now, Party, Poetry and Poem, Pool, Price, Princess, Round and Round, Smile, Sorrow, Start, Substance, Surprise, Then, Tomorrow, Touch, Unleashed, Upside Down, Wall of Pride, Ways, Win | Leave a comment

Passing It Down

Posted on August 28, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Passing It Downby Michael DoylePassing it down to the next generationHoping it might be held in venerationSharing openly our ways of instructionIn hopes that they would avoid destructionFrom child to child this is taughtTo do as we should and not … Continue reading →

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