Tag Archives: Words

In Pursuit of Great Expectations

Posted on May 9, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

In Pursuit of Great Expectationsby Michael DoyleI love the way you love meThe way that it makes me feelIt helps me find the abilityTo make it through and keep things realShining like a beacon of lightIt’s you that gets me … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Worthy Of Our Praise

Posted on April 30, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Worthy of Our Praiseby Michael DoyleAll of our best daysBegin by giving God praiseAs the blindest eyes seeThe blessings of the TrinityGiving our all is what we bringHere together as we singNot as moments of platitudeBut moved by righteous gratitudeTo … Continue reading →

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The Click Inside the Moment

Posted on April 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

The Click Inside the Momentby Michael DoyleStrangers showboating the skillsProbably don’t have the thrillsThey talk about so profuselyThese things shouldn’t be said looselyStill, we come into the roomWith exploding feelings that loomAnd I know that your pros outweigh your consUntil … Continue reading →

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These Electric Feelings

Posted on April 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

These Electric Feelingsby Michael DoyleIt is once, maybe twiceYour head starts reelingIt’s easy to pay the priceGetting lost in these electric feelingsYou know you’ve found the right oneAnd that the search is finally doneIt’s not like you’ll evade the snaresBut … Continue reading →

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Beautifully Amazed

Posted on April 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Beautifully Amazedby Michael DoyleWe paint a life seen togetherCertain that our blessings are betterAs we talk into the nightBefore we know it, it’s the morning lightLearning things of complexityAs we break it down into simplicityLife can be overly demandingBut it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: In A Single Sentence of Idle Chatter We Preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: We Carry A Museum Inside Our Heads

Posted on March 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We open our mouths and out flow words whose ancestries we do not even know. We are walking lexicons. In a single sentence of idle chatter we preserve Latin, Anglo-Saxon, Norse: we carry a museum inside our heads, each day … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Here Comes the Orator! With His Flood of Words, and His Drop of Reason

Posted on March 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735) Did anyone else find that State of the Union Address less than unifying?

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Growing Our Intimacy

Posted on March 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Growing Our Intimacyby Michael DoyleWe have so little time for introspectionAs we approach life with our expectationsSometimes it’s an easy flow of conversationOther times, we’re micro-managing our destinationBeing present and being openly hereIs the experiment of what might disappearAs our … Continue reading →

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Against All Hope

Posted on February 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Against All Hopeby Michael DoyleAll alone, by myselfI searched on the shelfFor the words to knowJust how I might growTo start over in this testTo come through with the restIn a crash of my identityI lived my life renewing sincerityThere … Continue reading →

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