Tag Archives: Trust

Covenant (Hesed)

Posted on February 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Of all love, there is one love that stands above all else. In this world in which love has become a very conditional thing given the give way at any moment of discontent or raised temporal passion, covenant love (hesed) … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Authority, Badly, Believe, Blind, Complete, Conditional, Covenant, Day, Devotion, Doubt, Endure, Eternal, Eyes, Faithfulness, Family, Forgiven, Forgot, Full, Given, God, Good News, Gospel, Grace, Heart, Heresy, Hesed, Integrity, Kind, Life On the Run, Lord's Will, Love, Loyal, Mercy, Noble, Nothing, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preavil, Presence, Promise, Purpose, Purse, Question, Rest, Scales, Security, Sin, Something, Storm, Sunrise, Temerity, Tender, Transcend, Travesty, Trust, Turn, Unconditional, Undone | Leave a comment

Bestest Friend

Posted on February 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I was watching a bit heralding the advent of computers and all that has happened in so short a time. It’s true and it’s fascinating. But how long do you think it took me to think of the flipside? … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged AI, Anyone, App, Architectural, Artificial Intelligence, Assembly Language, Best Friend, Choose, Circles, Click and Drag, Comic Book, Computer, Confess, Danger, Decision, Demis, Design, Determination, Discern, Domain, End, Execution, Gamer, Google, Hard, Imagination, Intention, Laugh, Left Behind, Little, Machine, Mankind, Mess, Mind, Mine, Minutes, More, One, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Presentation, Quantification, Refuse, Resilience, Self-Gratification, Temptation, Trust, Virtual, Virtual Lag, Web, Will, Your, Zero | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: The Deepest Glory of Friendship Is the Spiritual Inspiration When You Discover Someone Else Believes In You and Trusts You

Posted on February 10, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Believe, Companionship, Discover, Friendship, Glory, Hand, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Smil, Spiritual Inspiration, Thought For the Day, Trust | Leave a comment

First Principles: A Bureaucrat Is the Most Despicable Person – Often Petty, Dull and Not To Be Trusted

Posted on January 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“A bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Authority, Bureacrat, Crafty, Delight, Despicable, Dull, First Principles, Holder, Mankind, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Need, Oppressor, Petty, Resemble, Stupid, Thief, Trust, Viscious, Vulture, Witless | Leave a comment

While Yet I Live

Posted on December 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Today is chosen by some as Still Need To Do Day. There is a lot that I still need to do. How about you readers on here? Still have things to do? On the page speaking about this day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Above, Abudance, Angels, Approach, Backward, Beams, Beautiful, Beauty, Belief, Best, Blessed, Chance, Deep, Do, Dream, Duty, Eyes, Family, Father, Feel, Fight, Forward, Gem, God, God Flow, Goodness, Haunt, Heart, Hearts, Heavens, Hide, History, Hope, Impact, Inner Peace, Janus, Joy, Keep, Kiss, Know, Last, Learn, Legacy, Letting Go, Life, Lifetime, Light, Live, Living Will, Look, Love, Magic, Miss, Missed, Moment, Mutality, Nation, New Year, Openness, Peace, Peace On Earth, Photograph, Plentiful, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Principles, Profane, Rain, Reach, Read, Ready, Release, Require, Sacred, Serve, Sing, Song, Spread, STarts, Still Need To Do List, Strength, Teach, Test, Them, Thought, Time Enough, To Do List, Today, Tomorrow, Treasure, Trust, Truth, Want, While, Wish, World, Write | Leave a comment

Urban Christianity

Posted on December 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A Sunday sort of poem… Urban Christianity by Michael Romani Fully formed in my Christianity I have come to belief quite rationally But, also find it credible emotionally Bit by bit, I have been ratifying These things of belief, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Act, Agrarian, Alive, Answer, Axiom, Belief, Big Questions, Christianity, Claim, Community, Conclude, Contemporary, Controversy, Credible, Cross, Deceive, Define, Earn, Emotionally, Equality, Essence, Evidence, Evil, Faith, Fight, Form, Gift, God, Grief, Human, Injustice, Is, Job, Just, Leap of Faith, Legacy, Life, Live, Logic, Mentality, Mercy, Moment, Morality, Nature, Office Hours, Ought, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Proof, Ratify, Rational, Reality, Reason, Receive, Relief, Respect, Satisfy, Science, Season, Sincere, Soul, Standard, Strong, Suffer, Sunday, Supernatural, Survive, Transcendent, Truism, Trust, Truth, Tussle, Understate, Understood, Urban, Youth | Leave a comment

Passport To Heaven

Posted on December 4, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based on a dockside sermon: Passport To Heaven by Michael Romani The work of the spirit is to convict us of sin That we might live triumphant yet again This is the message that we must always live And in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Arrive, Belief, Billion, Blessed Assurance, Convict, Creed, Declaration, Destination, Dockside, Eternal Life, Faith, Forgive, Forgiveness, Hearts, Heaven, Jesus, Judgment, Justification, Kingdom, Know, Live, Message, Passport, Path, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Precious, Price, Relief, Salvation, Sermon, Sin, Spirit, Stamp, Suffice, Survive, Throne, Triumph, Trust, Truth, Written, Wrong | Leave a comment

Learning To Trust

Posted on November 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

In transition from general gratitude and more toward Christmas now and holiday feelings… the last poem of gratitude #30: Learning To Trust by Michael Romani One cold, silent night An angel appeared Filling the room with light A messenger from … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Blessed, Child, Christmas, Confide, Divinity, Doubt, Extraordinary, God, Gratitude, Hide, Holiday, Holy, Learn, Light, Lord, Mercy Mild, Messenger, Ordinary, Out, Patience, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Revere, Room, Serenity, Silent Night, Surrender, Trust | Leave a comment

The Paradox of Being

Posted on November 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

A poem of gratitude #9 for all that God has brought into my life, all the lessons learned and the love felt as blessings along the way. The Paradox of Being by Michael Romani It’s there in our perspective Being … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Allow, Being, Belong, Blessing, Choice, Close, Compete, Divinity, Field, Full Circle, God, Gratitude, Honest, Humble, Humility, Know, Lesson, Life, Live, Love, Met, Moment, Mustard Seed, Mystery, Paradox, Peace, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Possibility, Rejoice, Repeat, Right, Solid, Trust, Truth, Wrong | Leave a comment

Rocky Road To Faith

Posted on September 23, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on 1 John 1:9: Rocky Road To Faith by Michael Romani There are so many times we scoff in pride Looking at God’s will far from the outside Believing our own path and our will be done … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Bend, Choice, Clatter, Consequence, Decision, Depend, Faith, Fall, Father, Forgive, God, God's Will, Grace, Holy, Ignorance, John, Journey, Live, Obey, Obstinance, Opinion, Our Will, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Principle, Road, Rock, Rocky, Satisfy, Scoff, Scripture, Self Importance, Shine, Son, Step By Step, Stubborn, Stumble, Sublime, Time, Told, Trouble, Trust, Unclear, Walk, Way | Leave a comment