Choose To Thrive

By: Adrielle R. Bollin

It is true that Love conquers all   

But not the kind you see on silver screens

The kind that lasts through every trial   

The sort that never fades and never flees

I have seen the vapors left by errant hearts   

And heard the cries of those ripped apart

I've heard the anthem 'I will survive'   

While knowing actually they could thrive

These words sung over and over again   

'I can't live without you' is a lie from dark dens

For though your heart may break in two   

There is a bright hope that you can choose

It does not steal your soul nor torment heart   

It does not need death nor poisonous dart

These lies we hear that revenge is sweet    

Are only sweet toxins giving bitterness license to breed

Do not be deceived my friends and my foes   

Your heart cannot hold these grudges and woes

Forgive your debtors and breakers of hearts    

Purge them instead and feel the weight depart

Let Love enter in and touch all your wounds    

Give Love your heart and give Him room

God who is Love can heal all your hurts    

And He will give more good than any soul deserves

The Welcomed Eavesdropper

The Welcomed Eavesdropper

By:  Adrie’lle R. Bollin

My Lord heard me as I spoke with my friends

We laughed with delight recounting His stories

How He turned things around and brightened our days

We listened in awe to testimonies of His glories

He smiled with us as He leaned in noting our hearts

For they glowed with His love and emanated His grace

As we went home to our families so filled with faith

He did not leave us but stayed with us each at our place

So filled were we that we woke early to seek His face

Wondering at all the possibilities we peered into heavenly realms

We danced with joy in His arms, sang more heartily than before

Carried the light more brightly, kept it shining at our helms

My Lord saw all these things and His heart was greatly moved

For though our lives held challenges and times of great distress

We remembered Him, His promises and all He had done

We chose the better way, we chose to trust, to abide in His rest

So He wrote what He saw in a book and declared 

That we would be His, a precious gem in His crown

Preserved and cherished for all time and for all to know

Saved from wrath that His love might be shown

A Busy Lazy Winter

Forgive my absence my blogging friends, what usually is a season of hibernation and plenty of time to write, has turned into business, distraction and a loss of focus in this area.  I think of you all often and think to myself that I must write again soon!  For now though, I can only offer up nature's beauty as a small gift - as it was a gift to me.  Winter is my least favorite season...ok, ok to be honest, I just plain don't like winter.  HOWEVER, as always, God shows me beauty in every season as often as I am willing to open my eyes and see it.  He gifts me with a beautiful sunrise, a sparkly cloudless morning, and sun shining through the window.  He knows it makes me smile and warms my heart.  He is the greatest giver of all!  I hope you can smile with me as I share it with you. :)

The Least Of These

The Least Of These
By: Adrielle Bollin
Inspired by Matthew 25:34-46

I saw your face today again in my mind
Reminded of when I was too cool to be kind
My heart is saddened by moment I threw away
When pride took over and fear led me astray

I want you to know that your eyes pierced my heart
My mind was forever changed to do my part
For though I didn't have much to give that day
My talents were wasted when I walked away

So today I declare with all that I am
That to the best of my ability I will do all that I can
To feed those who hunger and quench their thirst
Whether I am at my best or at my worst

I will take in the stranger and lend them my ear
I will let them be heard, their story I will hear
I'll clothe the naked with the gospel of truth
Release them from shame that strips away youth

I will visit the sick and pour into them life
Touch their hearts and souls with God's light
I will go to the imprisoned and set their hearts free
Show them where they stand in God's family tree

For each time I listen to what God would say
I can do all these things each and every day
For He has given me all that I need
To touch this world with life that sets free

The Struggle Within

The Struggle Within

By:  Adrielle R. Bollin

Like a tree in a hurricane straining in the wind

My heart and mind are racing, fretting as I bend

How much more can I take of this road I'm winding down

Everything I knew left me, seems scattered on the ground

 All I taste now are these bitter to and fros

Messing with my mind are the things I used to know

And the blood from my tongue as clench back the curse

I've been trying so hard and it's only getting worse

I need a miracle to break off these chains

I need an answer before I fade away

God you know my frame I can handle so much

There has to be a change, I need only Your touch

You alone can set me on solid ground

You alone can deafen the perilous sounds

So I cry out your name and lay out my fleece

One last push of faith to reclaim your peace

All I have left is to wait for your word

Just one sign of hope, one message delivered

To stir this mirage, these mirrors of deception

Until once again I see You in my reflection

Then you speak and my burdens turn to air

A release of truth drowns my despair

Suddenly the promise rings true in my ears
Life, love, joy, peace and wisdom are again my peers