He Guides My Path – The Writing of Sarah Berthelson

When I was a child my daddy, Lemmie, made a flying ginny
What in the world is that, you might ask?
Well it was a home made tilt-a-whirl of that day
Daddy cut a tree down and that left a stump,
He hooked a long plank to the stump, then he placed boards on top
And that made the seat. This wasn’t run by electricity,
It was manpower that made it go,
A kid on each end and one in the middle
To make it go faster you had to push and run
The kids of the community loved to have fun
They would come to our house on Sunday afternoon
To ride on the flying ginny with all of us
Everyone took turns to push and to ride
What fun it was even when we would skin our hide
That is the way country folk talk
We knew how to have fun with the flying ginny, made by Lemmie.

It is my Christian duty to love you even if you are unlovable
It is my Christian duty to forgive you for being ugly
It is my Christian duty to not talk about you
It is my Christian duty to do nice things for you
Gee, that is a lot of Christian duties and I wonder how I did
The test is when I look within myself and see what I am like
Do I measure up to what my Christian duties are
Have I wandered away from my God so very far
That I do not recognize how little I love
How selfish I am and do not want to reach out to you
Do I feel I am so far superior to you that I cannot relate
Am I angry enough at you or jealous to just leave you alone
Never to speak or help when you are in need
It is not just my Christian duty to do these things
My walk with my Lord Jesus will explain this you see
I pray today for you and yours that I might be there for you
I love you my friend because God gave you to me
So let bygones be bygones and let us settle this
Let us get it together and do what we must
Love one another and do our very best

There are many lonely people

In this old world.
They sit home and dwell

On the loneliness they feel.

Some go to the centers and

Play cards or games all day,
Just another boring day

To pass the time away.

I have a church family and

I love the people like family.
There is so much that goes on,

I have to pick and choose
What is expected of me

Or what I would like to do.

In a church family,

You make lots of friends.
When lonely, pick up the phone

Or run out to see them.
 God is so good

To give us a spiritual family
That reaches out to those

Who cannot come in.
 On Sunday, we worship

My mother has gone to be with Jesus, now.
She was the epitome for those that loved Him.