Tag Archives: Truth

Cultivating Kindness III

Posted on June 6, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The Lord shows His kindness is His Yes, His No and His Wait. All things that happen, happen with purpose. It’s important in our growing to consider this perspective no matter how personally unsettling things get or are. Cultivating Kindness … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Generally, Societies Flourish and Decline To the Degree These Exercise the Duties of Justice and Humanity

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity.” – William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Community, Decline, Degree, Duty, Humanity, Justice, Practice, Primary, Prosper, Thought For the Day, Truth, William Henry Seward | Leave a comment

First Principles: Matters of Faith Must Be Left To the Conviction and Conscience of Every Person

Posted on May 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, “that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.” … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Civil Society, Conscience, Conviction, Creator, Duty, Every Man, First Principles, James Madison, Majority, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, Minority, Reason, Reltion, Right, Truth, Unalienable | Leave a comment

Some Would Be Heroes

Posted on May 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Some are scared of their own shadows. Others would be heroes. Which are you? Some Would Be Heroes by Michael Romani Some think darkness Is the absence of light Seen in the starkness It is not the absence of light … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believe, Brightness, Cost, Darkness, Happiness, Hero, Hope, Light, Lost, Need, New, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rightness, Scare, Seed, Shadow, Sorrow, Stark, Tomorrow, True, Truth | Leave a comment

Persistent Presence

Posted on May 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

To really get to know the Lord, you have spend time consistently in His presence. Persistent Presence by Michael Romani Prayers we state as need Aren’t always those we heed When we listen to God’s way Keeping it in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belong, Best, Breathed, Christianity, Day, Deceive, Define, Earth, Faith, God, Heed, Justice, Light, Listen, Live, Lord, Need, Night, Path, Perspective, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Presence, Presistent, Refine, Seek, Syllable, Truth, Word | Leave a comment

A Mother’s Love Remembered 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Comes a time when our mom is no longer with us in physical form but is in our hearts and souls, right? This poem is meant to honor that. A Mother’s Love Remembered 2019 by Michael Romani A mother’s love … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2019, Band-Aid, Best, Brought, Child, Compassiona, Faith, Lessons, Love, More, Mother, Mother's Day, Ocean, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Remember, Smile, Sore, Strong, Sweet, Taught, Tender Mercy, There, Tide, Tomorrow, Truth, Unselfish, Wide, Yesterday | Leave a comment

Lost Faces of Chernobyl

Posted on May 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest paths to provide energy. The problem is that it takes just one disaster to stir up the worst fear. I can’t say it’s not reasonable that it is that way. Lost Faces … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ash, Chernobyl, Denial, Devour, Disaster, Endurance, Energy, Fallow, Hiroshima, Horror, Life, Nuclear, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacrifice, Soviet Russia, Truth, Ugly | Leave a comment

The Wrong of Pop

Posted on May 7, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Dedicated to Taylor Swift’s latest effort: The Wrong of Pop by Michael Romani A penchant for speaking truth Ove humble country strums Might speak of passion and youth But offer no excuse for Jazzercize drums Idiosyncratic bits of garish tackiness … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Catchiness, Confront, Country, Disbelief, Empty, End Game, Excuse, Frazzle, Grief, Helium, Humble, Indignity, Jazzercize, Passion, Perception, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pop, Prep Rally, Selfie, Shelf, Smug, Sonic, Spill, Strum, Tacky, Taylor Swift, Tricks, Truth | Leave a comment

To Be Crucified

Posted on April 18, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Mark 14:43-15:20: To Be Crucified by Michael Romani Testimony no matter how persistent Becomes question when it’s inconsistent Because of this we should speak plainly When telling of the fulfillment of prophecy So it was in … Continue reading →

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I Am the Ocean

Posted on April 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo Day 17 and the challenge is to write a poem from an unusual perspective. What if a drop of water thought it was the ocean itself?… I Am the Ocean by Michael Romani I am the ocean I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged All, Alpha, Bit, Clear, Cosmic, Devotion, Divinity, Embrace, First, Flow, Forget, Future, God, Head, I, Know, Last, Light, Might, Na/GloPoWriMo, Obstacle, Ocean, Omega, Past, Perspective, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Recall, Respect, Saline, Sea, See, Shape, Signifigence, Smile, Song, Summer's Day, Trace, Truth, Wash, Water, Watery Grave, Wave, Wet, Whole | Leave a comment