tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83564124480652908012024-03-05T04:41:09.449-08:00Challenges MetA collection of poems, songs, and my occasional insight into the world around me.adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-24212556034844740132015-01-03T12:37:00.001-08:002015-01-03T12:37:31.474-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My name is
Adrielle and I’m starting something new! I'll have this written blog in addition to a video blog which
will have everything I talk about here on http://youtu.be/farYB4pQTmM. This
way, if you’re like me and on the go much of the time and/or you don’t have
much time to sit and read more than a short quip, you can listen on the
go! But if you’d rather grab a cup of coffee/tea/hot chocolate,
snuggle into a blanket and read, then the written blog is for you! Today
I’ll be sharing what I've gleaned from reading about King Solomon in 1Kings.</span></div>
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greatest and wealthiest kings in all of history is King Solomon. The
stories of his wealth, riches and wisdom are legendary. Maybe you've
also heard of the immense favor he had with God too. God gave
Solomon all he ever wanted and far more then he asked! For a time,
Solomon walked rightly with God and honored him in all that he did and
carefully followed the commandments and statutes of the Lord. There
were fractures in his path that would eventually lead him away from God,
fractures that slowly bent his attention and intentions away from God.
However, we can learn a lot from this king! Here's what I learned.<br />
<br />
Something must have happened at the end of the 20 year building of the temple
of God and the King’s own house. I believe that “something” was a
seed of fear that crept in. You see, when God first appeared to
Solomon, he told him he would bless him if he followed God as David did. In
God’s second appearance to Solomon, he affirms the original covenant but adds a
warning saying “but if you or your sons at all turn from following me…” and
details the judgment that would follow if he rebelled. If we look
carefully, we can start to consider what happened.</span></div>
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Solomon’s story, there is one of those mini stories that are often plopped in
the middle of a bigger story, perhaps to see if we are paying attention. Here
we learn of a rather uneven gift exchange between Solomon and Hiram. Hiram,
a family friend, was given 20 cities in the land of Galilee. This seems like a
really nice gift except we learn that when Hiram went to see them he was not at
all impressed or thrilled with them. In fact, he was so turned off
by these cities, that he named them the Land of Cabul which literally means
“good for nothing”. Now that makes me think! Why would
Solomon, the man who has it all, give such a cheap gift to someone who had been
such a valuable friend and asset building the house of God and Solomon’s
kingdom? Solomon wasn't lacking, he didn't have to worry about if he
had enough to pay the bills…he had everything - he had more than any other
kingdom and yet here we see this little snapshot with possibly the first seed
of fear sprouting it’s ugly head. Why do I think it was fear? Why
else would the king give a cheap gift to such a valuable friend? Fear makes
fools of the best of us.<br />
<br />
Next he has a pinnacle moment in his life when the queen of Sheba comes
to visit him and question him to see if his wide spread fame lives up to its
hype. He is able to answer every one of her questions…<br />
<br />
"nothing was so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to
her." 1Kings 10:3<br />
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…and impress her with his knowledge and riches. This should have been a turning
point for the positive, a crowning achievement, a happy ending – and he
lived happily ever after…but we see afterwards that his focus shifted. It’s
as if he gets bored after that encounter and then occupies his time figuring
out all the ways he can spend his fortunes. Maybe finishing such a great feat
like building the temple and finishing everything his father had commanded him
left him listless and unsure of what was next. Peace is a wonderful
thing, but it can also leave opportunity for the mind to wander. Maybe the
queen had more of an effect than she thought. Maybe while they were
chatting, she made a few side quips before he took her breath away with his
astounding wisdom. Perhaps as he was giving her the grand tour,
there were comments like this:</span></div>
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only have 25,000 horses? We have at least 40,000…”</span></div>
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gold shields for your <i>God’s</i> house, that’s interesting…”</span></div>
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beautiful throne you have! You know I've heard so and so has an
ivory throne, it’s really a spectacular site to see! Your throne is
so tasteful though…”</span></div>
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kinds of comments will eat into your brain if you let them – those are the real
test! Maybe he was naive to all his riches before? Maybe because it
had always been a part of his life, he never really noticed all he had? Maybe
having the most beautiful queen in history, travel 1,200 miles just to see him
was similar to eating the apple in the Garden of Eden. Maybe this experience is
what opened his eyes to what was all around him all along and it went straight
to his head… suddenly making it all about him.<br />
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We may never know what exactly happened or what caused the shift, but what we
do know is that he began building everything out of gold – (paraphrasing from
1Kings 10) 300 shields of gold, his throne was made of ivory and overlaid with
gold, there were 12 lions on each side of the six steps- gold, drinking vessels
- all gold, etc. Nothing was silver because it too
"common". He surrounded himself, inundated himself
day in and day out with <i>stuff</i>. Gold stuff! These are not
bad things in and of themselves but they seem to become his focus. The
atmosphere shifted and seemingly smaller compromises chipped away at the man,
his relationship with God, his character and eventually his kingdom. He began
to gather chariots, Horsemen and horses from Egypt. Why does this matter? Well
let’s look in Deuteronomy 17:16.</span></div>
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he shall not multiply horses for himself nor cause the people to return to
Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you ‘you shall not return
that way again’." </span></div>
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symbol of strength and Egypt had many horses. The children of Israel were
constantly looking back to Egypt with rose colored glasses! They
were enslaved there yet trusted in that strength more than God (note how
reluctant they were to leave with the man God sent to rescue them). God knows
how much we like to trust in our own strength and how much we like to feel
safe. He wanted the Kings to trust in Him, not in their own strength and to be
the leading example of this to the Israelites. God gave Solomon far more than
he asked for- He established his kingdom for him so that they literally
"lacked nothing". So why did Solomon multiply horses and
import them from Egypt? Well, unfortunately that’s not where the
unhealthy pattern ends.. In 1 Kings 11 we see that King Solomon</span></div>
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foreign women as well as the daughter of Pharaoh. He loved the women of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites from the nations of whom
the Lord had said to the children of Israel "you shall not intermarry with
them nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after
other gods".</span></div>
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says that Solomon <i>clung</i> to these in love! 1 Kings goes on to
say "He had <i>several</i> <b><i>hundred</i></b> wives,
princesses and <b>300</b> concubines"! Can you
imagine?? Unfortunately, his wives did exactly what God warned about
- they turned his heart away from God.</span></div>
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fascinating how famished and thirsty we become when trying to fill that empty
void with worldly things? Especially <i>after</i> we've
tasted the bread and water of life? Solomon was so thirsty and empty
that <i>literally</i> all the gold and wealth of the world, all the
most beautiful women, the most abundance one man has ever in all of history
possessed, and still… he’s clinging, searching, wanting more, falling further
and further from grace trying to find what he once had so many years before.</span></div>
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love and mercy had already prepared his people years before! In
Deuteronomy 18:17 He said…</span></div>
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shall he multiply wives for himself lest his heart turn away nor shall he
greatly multiply silver and gold for himself".</span></div>
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trying to protect his people from their own hearts. He always prepares us for
success! In Deuteronomy 18:18-20 He said</span></div>
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so it shall be when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write
for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the
Levites and it shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life,
that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the
words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above
his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right-hand
or to the left and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his
children in the midst of Israel."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">God is so
kind! He laid it all out for us; His word tells us why these things
are important and what the rewards are for following Him. God loves
to prosper His people, and He does it extravagantly every time! Solomon
isn’t the only one, look at Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph! Plus
the story of Esther, Ruth and Naomi! Our only responsibility is to keep our
eyes fixed on Him and to remain focused no matter </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Adobe Heiti Std R"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">what comes our
way! Easier said than done, but just think of how a whole kingdom
was blessed because of one man’s obedience. They prospered because
he prospered! If you’re running a business, when your company does well, your
employees will reap that benefit! Consider how Solomon’s fame grew and how the
nations knew it was <i>because</i> <i>of the God he served!</i> You
want to spread the gospel? Be famously blessed! Show the world that you serve
an amazing, extravagant and loving God and then go spread that blessing
around! Talk about making an impact!!</span></div>
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this was useful for you and you should know that as always, I’m preaching to
myself just as much as I’m preaching to anyone who might be listening.</span></div>
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-38608806786566011922014-04-05T08:30:00.000-07:002014-04-05T08:30:38.437-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Because of You</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNS6ttqgZBYHIRtnUyW2o7D_bGH_YebpRbZ6h0jYSl4BdoSAoeIs_-9EheAlGRDUGyuN81espHjdNNcJcIdBYoDgcUVnuIbGalI6Vrwgfye9xHvPpp7YCQtmxdORkh4nQJiZiHWmibyAtZ/s1600/017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNS6ttqgZBYHIRtnUyW2o7D_bGH_YebpRbZ6h0jYSl4BdoSAoeIs_-9EheAlGRDUGyuN81espHjdNNcJcIdBYoDgcUVnuIbGalI6Vrwgfye9xHvPpp7YCQtmxdORkh4nQJiZiHWmibyAtZ/s1600/017.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnMZ7LeujAtGGOVYBdngCtTu4d4LOHdNYuLvz3gB_9olpETZaVrfLgim51qrF79IbZIrH800ZrGOL-xbht7x7iEEwLlYAM1C4E-rTlEiT5gt11Qb85L_VDyEkCFmViuIS1B081370Qjuq/s1600/019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnMZ7LeujAtGGOVYBdngCtTu4d4LOHdNYuLvz3gB_9olpETZaVrfLgim51qrF79IbZIrH800ZrGOL-xbht7x7iEEwLlYAM1C4E-rTlEiT5gt11Qb85L_VDyEkCFmViuIS1B081370Qjuq/s1600/019.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a><b> </b></div>
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I am free</div>
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Because of you, I am free</div>
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I have joy</div>
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Because of you, I have joy</div>
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I am healed</div>
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Because of you, I am healed</div>
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I am whole</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Because of you, I am whole</div>
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<b>And I rejoice!</b></div>
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<b>For you've given me ALL</b></div>
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<b>Yes I rejoice!</b></div>
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<b>For you my source, have given me ALL!</b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxm6ojE-8cgYOrOTaGS6iFTnSvP94DOKF7AQSibJricCh50zugoUlBCIZwCr2EN-n2URxrDZBxzqUsUBAygpNaDZn6WBAhRKzaBd7cuSnGZCggMru5G3t5xWV4GL1y3kxOhzYiTyUhyoyQ/s1600/069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxm6ojE-8cgYOrOTaGS6iFTnSvP94DOKF7AQSibJricCh50zugoUlBCIZwCr2EN-n2URxrDZBxzqUsUBAygpNaDZn6WBAhRKzaBd7cuSnGZCggMru5G3t5xWV4GL1y3kxOhzYiTyUhyoyQ/s1600/069.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sRO3Rnb0he9yIO4qOuAgn2Em6KjM7KFPM05mYgJpF79B6MboH8Mwa1nwwK8UPklUs0o0vfGT7ve5oAHMH6tWddnDkjQdL8lBSMamYYVSSfH7GKZpU4nKBIsa_6ZbEDVt6rYy5KauzkVR/s1600/062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sRO3Rnb0he9yIO4qOuAgn2Em6KjM7KFPM05mYgJpF79B6MboH8Mwa1nwwK8UPklUs0o0vfGT7ve5oAHMH6tWddnDkjQdL8lBSMamYYVSSfH7GKZpU4nKBIsa_6ZbEDVt6rYy5KauzkVR/s1600/062.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a>I am clean</div>
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<b> </b>Because you died, I am clean </div>
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I'm not ashamed</div>
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Because you arose, I'm unashamed</div>
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I am rich</div>
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You paid it all so I am rich</div>
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I'm not afraid</div>
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You've overcome, so I'm not afraid</div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>And I rejoice!</b></div>
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<b>For you've given me ALL</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Yes I rejoice!</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>For you my source, have given me ALL!</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNornfCnk8oVsgxcyQI0bkvVQTC5jNVUElytHPdBcjFszXwyuE-kMs-Ma0MGf0-L4Jg9Q5heOOfr8iHgUJSY8GtrZUJOye5Q7SchgD_KtJDFlwcl0wUNh62Y7y9zj7hyphenhyphenFuLj0M7oW-rKh9/s1600/014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNornfCnk8oVsgxcyQI0bkvVQTC5jNVUElytHPdBcjFszXwyuE-kMs-Ma0MGf0-L4Jg9Q5heOOfr8iHgUJSY8GtrZUJOye5Q7SchgD_KtJDFlwcl0wUNh62Y7y9zj7hyphenhyphenFuLj0M7oW-rKh9/s1600/014.jpg" height="320" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAWZNBWiZyfmOqB__nXCKegeDbdhi2nuTNuFH3C3TOCTk5z9fKfxixD4CqugebBIIAlt-VZZWlit1nlaK3O3Of4veL2vdYlk9dZv4ukTI9e1vbYn3K-NsKzEY7dpWJlgddy0lLIDTCcc1/s1600/125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAWZNBWiZyfmOqB__nXCKegeDbdhi2nuTNuFH3C3TOCTk5z9fKfxixD4CqugebBIIAlt-VZZWlit1nlaK3O3Of4veL2vdYlk9dZv4ukTI9e1vbYn3K-NsKzEY7dpWJlgddy0lLIDTCcc1/s1600/125.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a>I have peace</div>
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Because of you I have peace </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am loved</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Because you first loved me</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am a winner</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Because of you I win </div>
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I am strong</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Because of you, I am strong</div>
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-36034960303796581932014-04-04T19:46:00.000-07:002014-04-04T20:15:17.820-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I Give You Glory</b></div>
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<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></div>
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I want to know you ever more each day</div>
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I want to praise you and to honor your name</div>
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So help me Jesus and loosen my tongue</div>
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Bring on the fire, the passion undone</div>
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<b>Chorus</b>:</div>
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And I give you glory </div>
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For you gave me everything</div>
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I stand here before you </div>
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Adorned in your majesty</div>
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My confidence soaring </div>
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As we walk in victory</div>
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Your love is amazing God</div>
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And I give you glory</div>
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Ever present, you are always my guide </div>
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Your word in my mouth, my heart and my stride</div>
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I can with faith throw mountains aside</div>
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You gave me authority to run and not hide</div>
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<b>Bridge</b>: </div>
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You lifted the burdens, released the chains</div>
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It's all been done in your great name</div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">This poem was inspired by the countless stories of pain and overcoming told to me by friends and so many beautiful people. Pull up a seat, this ain't short and sweet! LOL!<br /> <br /> <b>The Story<br /> Adrielle Bollin</b><br /> <br /> Darkest of hours and all of their weight<br /> The deepest of shadows revealing such hate<br /> The sickness that held me and made me a slave<br /> The evil that lurked tracking it's prey<br /> <span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Where you had found me alone in my fright<br /> Weary and beaten, abused day and night<br /> Rest had long left and fear would reside<br /> Ruling my body, destroying me inside<br /> <br /> Long were the years of wicked demise<br /> So many times when I thought I would die<br /> Torture that broke me but still left the fire<br /> But death couldn't have what it truly desired<br /> <br /> You found me and carried me on a road long and thin<br /> Packed with my memories of terrible sin<br /> I cried out in anguish as I saw it pass by<br /> But you held me close never once left my side<br /> <br /> Truth was then spoken and peace came to dwell<br /> There, was a garden where once was my hell<br /> How could this be, the nightmare was gone<br /> When I forgave you told me I won<br /> <br /> All of the hurt and all of the pain<br /> Melted like wax to a candle wick's flame<br /> Slowly the layers were peeled from my frame<br /> Carefully, surgically, you washed away blame<br /> <br /> You restored my soul one day at a time<br /> Brought teachers, doctors, and wisdom divine<br /> You made me lay down when I wanted to run<br /> Forced me to rest till the healing was done<br /> <br /> Strength began slowly to enter my being<br /> Little by little all chains were releasing<br /> The weight I had carried was thrown ocean deep<br /> Returned to it's owner, the beast who ate sheep<br /> <br /> Still you are working, your hands ever weaving<br /> Working their "magic", ever they're speaking<br /> You set up dates as well as the time<br /> Always connecting the branches to the vine<br /> <br /> The victory is mine, my anthem to sing<br /> Because of my Jesus, I'm the bride of the King<br /> My life is transformed, my slate white as snow<br /> The possibilities are endless no matter where I go</span></span><br />
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-44472582581718139972013-05-27T07:24:00.001-07:002013-05-27T07:24:25.846-07:00Romans 8 and my take...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Romans 8:32 KJV</b><br />
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us
all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?<br />
<b>Romans 8:32 literal Greek translation</b><br />
Which too of-the-one of-private-belonged of-a-son not
it-spared, other over of-us of-<b>all</b> it-gave-beside to-it, unto-whither unto-not
and together unto-it to-the-ones to-<b>all</b> unto-us it-shall-grant-to?<br />
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God is not to be put in a box as to what He will or won’t
give us as is evident to me in verses like these when He says that He would
freely give us “all” things. Some
would say that I should not take this verse out of context, that I should take
into consideration the whole chapter, even the whole book. I agree and would even go a bit further
and say why not take it in the context of the whole bible? <br />
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First, I would like to point out
that in this chapter, along with Paul’s call to:<br />
* be lead by the Spirit *to not
live in fear, but to persevere in hard times<br />
*and to know that we are not condemned
(those of us in Christ)<br />
*and that He foreknew us, predestined us, called us,
justified and glorified us,<br />
*that He is FOR us and cannot be separated from us
by any created thing,<br />
*that we are more than conquerors,<br />
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Paul also tells us that
we are HEIRS with Christ, children of the most high God! God gave us His son and according to
Paul, will also give us all things – which I would like to point out, does not specify need from want,
dreams from desires, basic from extravagant. It also doesn’t say that we should get it on our own by
buying everything in site that we want because God wants us to have it –
no. It says He GIVES. When you look at the context of the
WHOLE bible, there is so much about the generosity of our God!<br /><br />
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The following are just a few examples that came to mind.<br />
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When Ruth needed a husband/provider, God didn’t find for her an
adequate husband who could take care of all her basic needs which
would have been plenty in and of itself considering the times, no. He
gave her
Boaz, a wealthy, generous, healthy, honorable, loving man of good report
who
not only took care of Ruth, but took care of Naomi too. Ruth asked for leftovers, Boaz (who
represents Jesus) gave her extra by commanding his reapers to <i>purposely</i> let
extra grain fall for her to glean, commanded his young men to not reproach her
(guaranteeing her safety) and gave her food from <b>his</b> table! Then he redeemed her and her mother in
law by taking Ruth as his wife!
God went even further by ensuring Ruth and her family would be included in Jesus' family tree. This is not basic needs that were met, this was abundance!<br />
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When Solomon asked God for wisdom, God was so pleased that
He made Solomon the richest man who ever lived! Solomon asked for a basic need, God gave him abundance!<br />
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When Esther was in preparation to meet
the king, God didn’t just give her the wisdom to choose the right things to
wear as He could have done, He gave her favor with the head eunuch who then
made sure she had the very best of <b>every</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">thing <i><b>in addition</b></i> to telling her what to wear to gain favor with the king.</span><br />
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Even when it comes to our enemies, God didn’t just give
enough of a victory to the Israelites to keep their enemies at bay, He ANNIHILATED them,
wiped them out! And then told them
to go and gather all the goods, treasures, cattle, etc. from the enemy! <br />
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Jesus said “I came that you might have life and life in
abundance”. If Jesus is the King
of Kings and Lord of Lords, then don’t you think we should think like a King or
a Lord? What does a king or a lord consider necessity? What does a king or a
lord consider abundance? What
would a king give to his children?
Think of it this way, in the bible, anytime a wife or child comes to ask
the king for something, how many times does that king say “ask for anything,
even up to half the kingdom will be yours if you ask it”. That is a human king, what about a God
king? It doesn’t take a genius or
years of study or much theology to know that God’s ways are much higher, bigger
and better than our ways. If we
are made in God’s image and God’s image says “even half the kingdom will be
yours if you ask” how much more does God want to give? Not that we should desire <i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, but that we should not limit Him or rebuke others
who believe Him and His word when He says “I want to give you more”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;">People twist things all the time – well
I’m a child of God, so I’m going to act rich, live like I’m rich and just wait
for God to pay me back. No, we
have faith that God will </span><b><i>give</i></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> and we wait until the Spirit tells us when to go,
when to stay, when to lay at the feet of our savior, uncover His feet and
ask that He may GIVE. We walk by the Spirit, we
walk by faith and we listen for the voice of God. When we do that, things fall into place and we are </span><b>given
</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">the very best – whatever that looks like
in that moment. It has been my
experience that we get in our own way.
When I’m not seeing provision, it’s because I am in my way – sometimes
there are other blockages, but most of the time my impatience, frustration,
need for control etc. get in the way of what God is trying to give me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">There are a million possible reasons
why you or I or someone you know is not experiencing the abundance promised in
the bible. Our job is not to judge
them or abandon them in their frustration and questioning, but rather to
encourage them and challenge them to seek God! He knows what’s in the way! He knows their heart!
If we don’t have <b>SOLID</b> discernment about their situation or solution (and even if we do),
then we should be pointing them back to the Father, who wants to give them ALL
things and life in ABUNDANCE. It
doesn’t matter what we think that “all” and “abundance” looks like! What matters is that we as a community,
come around and encourage and challenge those who are struggling in any
way. If we do these things, and
they still turn away, we must still be careful not to judge and not to
condemn. Whether we have knowledge
in the situation or not, our pride should not get in the way of loving people
like Christ did. (as shown in Luke 22:61,62 and John 21:15-19).</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">As always, I am preaching to me too! ♡♥♡</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Choose To Thrive</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></span></div>
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It is true that Love conquers all </div>
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But not the kind you see on silver screens </div>
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The kind that lasts through every trial </div>
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The sort that never fades and never flees</div>
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I have seen the vapors left by errant hearts </div>
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And heard the cries of those ripped apart</div>
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I've heard the anthem 'I will survive' </div>
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While knowing actually they could thrive</div>
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These words sung over and over again </div>
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'I can't live without you' is a lie from dark dens</div>
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For though your heart may break in two </div>
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There is a bright hope that you can choose</div>
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It does not steal your soul nor torment heart </div>
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It does not need death nor poisonous dart</div>
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These lies we hear that revenge is sweet </div>
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Are only sweet toxins giving bitterness license to breed</div>
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Do not be deceived my friends and my foes </div>
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Your heart cannot hold these grudges and woes</div>
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Forgive your debtors and breakers of hearts </div>
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Purge them instead and feel the weight depart</div>
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Let Love enter in and touch all your wounds </div>
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Give Love your heart and give Him room</div>
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God who is Love can heal all your hurts </div>
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And He will give more good than any soul deserves</div>
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-19179591377485212152013-03-17T21:05:00.002-07:002013-03-17T21:05:59.265-07:00The Welcomed Eavesdropper <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Welcomed Eavesdropper </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adrie’lle R.
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My Lord heard me as I
spoke with my friends</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We laughed with
delight recounting His stories</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">How He turned things
around and brightened our days</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We listened in awe to
testimonies of His glories</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He smiled with us as
He leaned in noting our hearts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For they glowed with
His love and emanated His grace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As we went home to our
families so filled with faith</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">He did not leave us
but stayed with us each at our place</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So filled were we that
we woke early to seek His face</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Wondering at all the
possibilities we peered into heavenly realms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We danced with joy in
His arms, sang more heartily than before</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Carried the light more
brightly, kept it shining at our helms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My Lord saw all these
things and His heart was greatly moved</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">For though our lives
held challenges and times of great distress</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We remembered Him, His
promises and all He had done</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We chose the better
way, we chose to trust, to abide in His rest </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So He wrote what He
saw in a book and declared </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tempus Sans ITC"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">That we would be His,
a precious gem in His crown</span></div>
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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. :)<br />
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-33490390868272211982012-12-23T14:10:00.000-08:002012-12-23T14:10:12.731-08:00The Least Of These<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>The Least Of These</b><br />
<b>By: Adrielle Bollin</b><br />
<i>Inspired by Matthew 25:34-46</i><br />
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I saw your face today again in my mind<br />
Reminded of when I was too cool to be kind<br />
My heart is saddened by moment I threw away <br />
When pride took over and fear led me astray<br />
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I want you to know that your eyes pierced my heart<br />
My mind was forever changed to do my part<br />
For though I didn't have much to give that day<br />
My talents were wasted when I walked away<br />
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So today I declare with all that I am<br />
That to the best of my ability I will do all that I can<br />
To feed those who hunger and quench their thirst<br />
Whether I am at my best or at my worst <br />
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I will take in the stranger and lend them my ear<br />
I will let them be heard, their story I will hear<br />
I'll clothe the naked with the gospel of truth<br />
Release them from shame that strips away youth<br />
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I will visit the sick and pour into them life<br />
Touch their hearts and souls with God's light<br />
I will go to the imprisoned and set their hearts free<br />
Show them where they stand in God's family tree<br />
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For each time I listen to what God would say<br />
I can do all these things each and every day<br />
For He has given me all that I need <br />
To touch this world with life that sets free</div>
adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-3250172737332210092012-10-13T16:41:00.006-07:002012-10-13T16:41:49.235-07:00The Struggle Within<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>The Struggle Within</b></div>
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By: Adrielle R. Bollin</div>
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Like a tree in a hurricane straining in the wind</div>
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My heart and mind are racing, fretting as I bend</div>
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How much more can I take of this road I'm winding down</div>
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Everything I knew left me, seems scattered on the ground</div>
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All I taste now are these bitter to and fros</div>
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Messing with my mind are the things I used to know </div>
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And the blood from my tongue as clench back the curse</div>
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I've been trying so hard and it's only getting worse</div>
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I need a miracle to break off these chains</div>
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I need an answer before I fade away</div>
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God you know my frame I can handle so much</div>
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There has to be a change, I need only Your touch</div>
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You alone can set me on solid ground</div>
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You alone can deafen the perilous sounds</div>
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So I cry out your name and lay out my fleece</div>
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One last push of faith to reclaim your peace</div>
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All I have left is to wait for your word</div>
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Just one sign of hope, one message delivered</div>
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To stir this mirage, these mirrors of deception</div>
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Until once again I see You in my reflection</div>
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Then you speak and my burdens turn to air</div>
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A release of truth drowns my despair</div>
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Suddenly the promise rings true in my ears<br />
Life, love, joy, peace and wisdom are again my peers</div>
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-79340918298508534472012-09-02T10:43:00.002-07:002012-09-02T10:43:31.015-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>"Speak"</b></div>
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<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin </b></div>
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Soft amber beams of light</div>
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Bestow a smile in darkest night</div>
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No matter the size the trial be</div>
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You always lean your heart toward me</div>
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When despair has swallowed life</div>
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And sight is lost along with might</div>
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All I need is to cry out to you</div>
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And you restore all I once knew </div>
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For when I sing when all seems lost</div>
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And rejoice throughout the burning dross</div>
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And when I learn to love your time</div>
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And patience is grafted like a vine</div>
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You rejoice and run with me</div>
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Every trial gains victory</div>
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And when I speak your words of truth</div>
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You usher me to fuller youth </div>
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<i><b>"Not one concern of
ours is small,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>If we belong to
him;</b></i></div>
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<i><b>To teach us this,
the Lord of all,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Once made the iron
swim."</b></i></div>
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<i><b>John Newton </b></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1Kings 6:1-7 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place
before you where we are living is too limited for us. 2 Please let us go
to the Jordan, and each of us take from there a beam, and let us make a
place there for ourselves where we may live.” So he said, “Go.” 3 Then
one said, “Please be willing to go with your servants.” And he answered,
“I shall go.” 4 So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan,
they cut down trees. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell
into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was
borrowed.” 6 Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he
showed him the place, he cut off a stick, and threw <i>it </i>in there, and made the iron float. 7 And he said, “Take it up for yourself.” So he put out his hand and took it. </span></div>
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-49045254492951440202012-08-16T19:55:00.000-07:002012-08-16T19:55:09.194-07:00The Greatest Giver<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>The Greatest Giver</b><br />
<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b><br />
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The glory of your creation surrounds my being<br />
All that I see is yours for the freeing<br />
Yet all you have given as a gift for my days<br />
To show me your love in extravagant ways<br />
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From the mountains on high to the rivers that flow<br />
To the ancient far places to the newest swimming holes<br />
From the jungles and forests to the deserts and plains<br />
The world is your message of provision and grace<br />
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Though darkness will fall and cover the earth<br />
You gave us the moon to inspire our mirth<br />
As you wrap us in beauty with a blanket of lights<br />
We 're inspired to reflect your love and shine bright<br />
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How greatly you love that you give us all this<br />
Yet still more you provide though betrayed with a kiss<br />
For all of creation could not fill our hungry hearts<br />
So you sent us your son with full passion to impart<br />
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And when him we slayed on the cross of your peace <br />
You sent us your ghost to complete the divine three<br />
To instruct, to speak and to help guide our course<br />
So your message of love is spread wide from the source<br />
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adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-48145507523358288192012-07-02T20:43:00.001-07:002012-07-02T20:43:44.398-07:00The Woman At The Well<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b> The Woman at the Well</b></div>
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<b>By: Adrie'lle R. Bollin</b></div>
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How is it that you speak to me</div>
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When all the rules say that I am unclean</div>
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You are holy and purest of love</div>
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I am unruly and steady as mud</div>
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Yet because of your son you look past what I see</div>
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Deep in my heart you find gold finely weaved</div>
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So life is your language and joy is your key</div>
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Unlocking potential and casting out grief</div>
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Slowly you guide my feet to your path</div>
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Patiently waiting though I get off track</div>
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Walking and talking with me all the while</div>
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Relishing each of my laughs and my smiles</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text John-4-9" id="en-NIV-26166"><sup class="versenum">John 4:9, 10 </sup></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text John-4-9" id="en-NIV-26166"><sup class="versenum"><br /></sup></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text John-4-9" id="en-NIV-26166"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans)</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="text John-4-10" id="en-NIV-26167"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>Jesus answered her, <span class="woj">“If
you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you
would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” </span></span></span></b></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-84161934013337189882012-05-25T20:31:00.000-07:002012-05-25T20:38:44.898-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></span></div>
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Like a lake as calm as glass am I,<br />
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Still til I hear your voice</div>
Grateful and full of praise am I,<br />
Declaring again my choice<br />
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The rhythm is forming into song</div>
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A slowly building revelation</div>
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Then like a touch on the water,<br />
My soul ripples with new jubilation <br />
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I jump to my feet with a dance<br />
Your holy fire ignites in my bones<br />
Your word pours out of my mouth<br />
And darkness recedes to the unknowns<br />
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As I celebrate into the night<br />
All evil is gone from my sight<br />
All the troubles I thought I had<br />
Died hard in the perilous fight<br />
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<b>The Beginning of a Dream</b></div>
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<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></div>
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You take me to places I've never been</div>
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Inspire me to walk with you on the wind</div>
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Called me to dream and co-labor with you</div>
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Demolished the locusts of yesteryear's coo</div>
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My heart is ablaze knowing you have heard me</div>
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Rescued my soul from every treachery</div>
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Promised me life in abundance with you</div>
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Beckoning me to walk in your shoes<br />
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Hallelujah, my heart sings to you</div>
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For your greatness and beauty is full in my view</div>
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And your grace has helped me to clearly see</div>
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Your love never fails and with you I'm free</div>
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<b>"Remind Me Who I Am"</b><br />
<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b><br />
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Some days can be so lonely<br />
When everyone is looking at themselves<br />
They say hurting people hurt others<br />
Sometimes people just don't think at all<br />
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Then I look around and see the pain<br />
And I'm reeling cause I feel the same<br />
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It's like a desert<br />
With pouring rain<br />
I don't know what to do<br />
With the flood I'm in<br />
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Til you Wipe those lies away<br />
Til you Turn my face your way<br />
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Remind me who I am<br />
The daughter of the Lamb<br />
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When my joy is stripped and shaken down<br />
And all I see is gray all around<br />
You paint my soul to life<br />
With colors so true and bright<br />
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Then when all my tears are dried<br />
And I can stand in your might<br />
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It's like a desert<br />
With pouring rain<br />
And I'm awestruck<br />
Seeing life again<br />
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And you Lift my spirits high<br />
And you Dance with me to the sky <br />
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Reminding me who I am<br />
I'm the daughter of the Lamb</div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-39340197016184724142012-03-31T07:32:00.000-07:002012-03-31T07:32:10.403-07:00What If Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>"What If Love?"</b><br />
<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b><br />
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What if Love had a voice<br />
What if <i><b>you</b></i> were Love's choice<br />
And those eyes they burned for you<br />
With mercy, compassion, justice and truth<br />
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What if Love was your defense<br />
Your relief and recompense <br />
What if Love was more than you<br />
Bigger than life, than you ever knew<br />
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What if Love was really proud of you<br />
If all your successes made Love smile with you<br />
And all your failures made Love cry with you <br />
What if all Love wanted was to hold and comfort you<br />
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What if Love made you stronger<br />
And melted your heart for all sons and daughters<br />
Quenched all your thirst and quelled deepest hunger<br />
Gave you new eyes with which to ponder<br />
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What if wisdom was your mother<br />
And loving kindness your brother<br />
What if strength was a constant companion<br />
And peace was your safe place to land in<br />
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What if joy was ever dancing in your heart<br />
All because Love has been with you from the start<br />
What if Love laid down His life for you<br />
Even while knowing, Him, you wouldn't choose</div>
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What if Love was the best friend you ever had<br />
Or the kind of father you'd be proud to have<br />
What if Love could heal your heart and soul<br />
Make you clean, fill you up and make you whole<br />
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What man or woman could fill Love's shoes<br />
Who is limitless and ageless tell me who?<br />
We do not fill Love's shoes, but Love fills ours<br />
We who choose Love have Love's powers<br />
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What if Love?<br />
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<b>"Big Boy Shoes"</b><br />
<b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b><br />
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You've been together for how many years<br />
Shared your lives, your joys and tears<br />
She's been there when all others failed<br />
Stood by your side when life derailed</div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><br />
She knows you like the back of her hand<br />
Does thoughtful things even when she's mad<br />
She's loyal like the rising sun<br />
That smile of hers will bless someone</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;"><b>But she won't</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Wait forever boy</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Before too long, </b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>A real man is gonna come along</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>And do what you can't do</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Come on boy, put on your big boy shoes</b></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;">She's got dreams of a ring on her left hand</div><div style="color: black;">A wedding dress and maybe even a band</div><div style="color: black;">She wants to celebrate the love you share</div><div style="color: black;">She wants to know that you will always be there</div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;">You've got your reasons but I'm telling you</div><div style="color: black;">It's time to man up and face the truth</div><div style="color: black;">Either you love her or don't</div><div style="color: black;">By now you really ought to know</div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;"><b>Cause she won't</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Wait forever boy</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Before too long, </b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>A real man is gonna come along</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>And do what you won't do</b></div><div style="color: black;"><b>Come on boy, put on your big boy shoes</b></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;"><i><b>Oh she's good for you </b></i></div><div style="color: black;"><i><b>Your friends all like her too</b></i></div><div style="color: black;"><i><b>Your family's taken her in</b></i></div><div style="color: black;"><b><i>Tell me boy are you out or in</i></b></div><div style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b></div><b><span style="color: black;">Cause she won't...</span></b></div></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-81668294163589205222012-03-11T09:21:00.000-07:002012-03-11T09:21:24.790-07:00A New Old Psalm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A New Old Psalm</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What can I say that has not twice been uttered</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet still I will praise you if I repeat every word</div><div style="text-align: center;">What can I do that's not already been done</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet still I will bless you even after the battle's won</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For though you have angels surrounding your throne</div><div style="text-align: center;">Praising your name in most heavenly tones</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your heart alights when hearing my voice</div><div style="text-align: center;">Singing my thanks and declaring by choice</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When troubles surround me and I cannot see</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your heart is moved so that you rescue me</div><div style="text-align: center;">You shine in your light of love and truth</div><div style="text-align: center;">So that once again I can come dancing with you</div></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-27343262624308741882012-02-18T10:17:00.000-08:002012-02-18T10:18:25.685-08:00The Picture of Blossoming Faith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The Picture of Blossoming Faith</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>By: Adrielle R. </b><br />
</div>Surrounded<b> </b>by a great cloud of witnesses....<br />
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Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name. For the Lord is good His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures all generations. :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Energy like gentle sonic waves are your arms wrapped around me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like swimming with youthful strokes living water sets me free</div><div style="text-align: center;">Your heart in my mind and my spirit uttering your words</div><div style="text-align: center;">My God how you empower me with flight like the birds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/402372_3110313882250_1396443126_3115082_306128900_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/402372_3110313882250_1396443126_3115082_306128900_n.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Partnered with you all my worries disappear</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's here on your shoulders where my vision becomes clear</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take me even deeper into wisdom and grace</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heal my horizons that I may find my place</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfvu-tf9PnrcR1pN9qxetQYnf2V_yvPBp5B6oUEitwYqtDoKfYmY9qHDOEGk5-RVx_VPSh08xz0k0bfTIEVg0H6vQPAZXGCqmsLhoLERACfoY8nzUTyUSwlpuP1TvlCbDtblteHPJ4O6U/s1600/IMAG0430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfvu-tf9PnrcR1pN9qxetQYnf2V_yvPBp5B6oUEitwYqtDoKfYmY9qHDOEGk5-RVx_VPSh08xz0k0bfTIEVg0H6vQPAZXGCqmsLhoLERACfoY8nzUTyUSwlpuP1TvlCbDtblteHPJ4O6U/s640/IMAG0430.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Teach me to fly on the wings of your great love</div><div style="text-align: center;">Give me the dreams of my heart I knew not of</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lead me to dance in your rushing rain water</div><div style="text-align: center;">Help me remember I'm your <i><b>belov'd</b></i> daughter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear" 1 John 4:18a</b></i></div></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-31203254770756964722012-01-16T18:44:00.000-08:002012-01-16T18:44:12.733-08:00Grace Understood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Grace Understood</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I want to believe in destiny's wilds</div><div style="text-align: center;">Give me the will of a stubborn young child</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me hope in something incredible</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dream like a kid where anything is possible</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsPNRYjUS1jytRZPgCaOu0ZohgsQOFTdhV3CLBkw5hPSW1kLnxroooTuneXNYV8MpGJ4kXeHUuk4qSC20_DfHCc9ZRgZoA-amqntj4bMGpHQKP1lxhk8sXkoQ0TifxCTAaUEyN-VHflm4/s1600/Curly+TJ+Fishing+w+Mitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsPNRYjUS1jytRZPgCaOu0ZohgsQOFTdhV3CLBkw5hPSW1kLnxroooTuneXNYV8MpGJ4kXeHUuk4qSC20_DfHCc9ZRgZoA-amqntj4bMGpHQKP1lxhk8sXkoQ0TifxCTAaUEyN-VHflm4/s640/Curly+TJ+Fishing+w+Mitch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I want to fly above the clouds like before</div><div style="text-align: center;">To conquer the oceans and run to their roar</div><div style="text-align: center;">To retake the days when I was invincible </div><div style="text-align: center;">And really believe that nothing's impossible</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1068705909"></span><span id="goog_1068705910"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7y8hgQgu4KgMAw4ePmAZHgWrGfWSXsZFAAgYcJQ3wehaUx-AKiTwQZGiVU4khIfPHqTiAl9BSsTvMhx968HSrkGS6vqTbta02LWGDq9pSjaOsvOe0Qm2jGZgTQSSE7foLCvpE_KRkh_Cn/s1600/TPT+St.+Croix+River.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7y8hgQgu4KgMAw4ePmAZHgWrGfWSXsZFAAgYcJQ3wehaUx-AKiTwQZGiVU4khIfPHqTiAl9BSsTvMhx968HSrkGS6vqTbta02LWGDq9pSjaOsvOe0Qm2jGZgTQSSE7foLCvpE_KRkh_Cn/s640/TPT+St.+Croix+River.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Curse all the lies that I have believed<br />
Damned be depression and all it conceived<br />
Be gone all you doubts, you worries and fears<br />
For I see the Lamb and His love is revealed<br />
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I'm stunned for a moment with a wide eyed stare<br />
You've given it all even more than I knew<br />
How deeply you love so that I will trust you<br />
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Your greatness exceeds and abounds from above<br />
I am filled to the brim and bursting within<br />
'Your grace is sufficient' is much more than a hymn<br />
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It's knowing the one who for you wants the best<br />
It's rebirth and refreshing, a mercifully clean slate<br />
It is freedom to be and to walk through the gate</div></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-83690373717039417902012-01-07T13:30:00.000-08:002012-01-07T13:31:04.743-08:00Crossing the Ocean of Faith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Crossing the Ocean of Faith</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">How do I fly and keep a foot on the ground</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">How can I sail with my anchor unbound</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">How can I war while keeping the peace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">How do I let go if I refuse to release</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">I cannot race on if I'm always slowing down</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Nor can I swim if my strokes are not sound</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">And how can I sing if my mouth does not open</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Or see the whole world if I fear crossing oceans</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span id="goog_858630852">...I can't.</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Living with purpose is a choice I must make</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Making my life count is not something I can fake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Living in fear of shadows is no longer an option </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Love has propelled me and light has flushed the toxin</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">It's time to pick up my feet and haul up the anchor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">To decide where I stand, to let loose and conquer</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">Time to run the race with ever increasing pace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_858630852">To cross the oceans and spread wide my arms in faith</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0-g8rOkLRjTNDIzOtj75_jfIKDlKIQcBc8gf0CCfa537Rp3cPOsWRNftV82ykDbF7tcwwdEPV-crXxXqY1hpBnADrKzioUP7i4_QKo3JAkbAnIm6da574J1gW0CmZcY1riagnN2w8ufD/s1600/kdk_0119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0-g8rOkLRjTNDIzOtj75_jfIKDlKIQcBc8gf0CCfa537Rp3cPOsWRNftV82ykDbF7tcwwdEPV-crXxXqY1hpBnADrKzioUP7i4_QKo3JAkbAnIm6da574J1gW0CmZcY1riagnN2w8ufD/s640/kdk_0119.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span id="goog_858630852"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Life</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>By: Adrielle R. Bollin </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/&t2zR-zqWbMAxX=hndAMoi0e9q=yVj-MkTN4iFdMs5.gk3y1XXEs6E3stiXmsMz/item.JPG?rot=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/&t2zR-zqWbMAxX=hndAMoi0e9q=yVj-MkTN4iFdMs5.gk3y1XXEs6E3stiXmsMz/item.JPG?rot=1" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The will to hang on when all else fails</div><div style="text-align: center;">The stubborn refusal to give up and wail</div><div style="text-align: center;">That dogged determination to live and go on</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is found in the hearts of both weak and strong</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">That uncompromising drive to survive</div><div style="text-align: center;">When impossible is the only other thing to thrive</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yet still all is possible for those who believe</div><div style="text-align: center;">No sky is the limit when vision conceives</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/cuoLn2*8gtdZ1&l_KG58IK&%25kQLRUhVd1j*QrblteJA5W7OkUD9V5Enf2V4DXys/item.JPG?rot=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/cuoLn2*8gtdZ1&l_KG58IK&%25kQLRUhVd1j*QrblteJA5W7OkUD9V5Enf2V4DXys/item.JPG?rot=1" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amazing journeys and testimonies sing</div><div style="text-align: center;">When heart and mind and will take wing</div><div style="text-align: center;">The trumpet of God in death's shadow declares</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope is ever present ever living to share</div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The peace you gave to save us from wrath </div><div style="text-align: center;">Has given the freedom to choose any path</div><div style="text-align: center;">T'was more than a gift you gave us this day</div><div style="text-align: center;">T'was life in abundance and love, our mainstay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/7*4iuzBtrPV8Gqo-NNDGMrkjza=rtd6ovQXx6jsYFGYIL5qqKSf3uZGuN%25q2YIv/item.JPG?rot=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="http://blg.mypicturetown.com/cache/7*4iuzBtrPV8Gqo-NNDGMrkjza=rtd6ovQXx6jsYFGYIL5qqKSf3uZGuN%25q2YIv/item.JPG?rot=1" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas Everyone</div></div></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356412448065290801.post-35133300803454925962011-12-12T04:03:00.000-08:002011-12-12T04:03:17.239-08:00Curious Kitten<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Curious Kitten"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Photos By: Adrielle R. Bollin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mark 10:14b - 16 Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it. And He took them up in His arms, laid His hands on them, and blessed them.</span></div>adrielleroyalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330513833416071176noreply@blogger.com8