He Guides My Path – The Writing of Sarah Berthelson

My best friends in the whole wide world

Are the ladies in my Sunday School class

The ones in my church that I hold so dear

They are in my heart and I pray for them each day

Many times we often go play

We have fun together and hold each others hand,

When there is a crises or we are going through pain

Everyone needs a family to look out for them

The best one we have is our church family

If you are a Christian and I am too

Then you are in my family and I am kin to you

God says we are brothers and sisters in Him

Can’t get better than that

Just go to a church where his word is taught

Don’t be fooled, look out for that

Find a Christ-centered church and be a part of it

You will not be sorry and have lots of fellowship.

I don’t have any particular youth director in mind
Just thought I would pay tribute to those that take time
To love our young people and to teach them the way
They have a path to walk and it seems so long at their age
Before they know it this wonderful time will have passed
They will be in college or the work place will call
During this time there is someone who cares
Which way they will go and what they will become
Jesus their savior is taught to them often
They pray together and bible verses they memorize
This will stick with them the rest of their lives
Some will stray from the path they are taught
Others will pray that their friends will get caught
That is because they love their friends
Thanks to the youth directors that have guided them

I walked through the woods a mile or so
To catch a school bus that would take me to church
I loved Vacation Bible School and went every day
Bible verses I learned but the songs were my favorite
I still know one or two that I learned many years ago
The teachers were dedicated and did their best
To teach us about the Lord Jesus, and how He did not rest
I have often thought about His walk on this earth
Going about doing good and pointing everyone to God
I learned a lot in Vacation Bible School
That I took into my youth and adult life
More children should have this opportunity
Know God’s word and what it really means to us
It made me want to be good to others as Jesus did
To love my parents and respect what they said
I am thankful for the memories that are in my mind
Going to Vacation Bible School and having a very good time
Many children today do not know what Vacation Bible School is
It is bible based and it is during their school vacation
Some churches have it at night so parents can attend
When you see a sign in front of a church that is about to begin
Enroll your child and let them attend
The people are wonderful and dedicated as can be
They wouldn’t be there if they were not needed
I taught many years and learned more than the kids
My very best memories are the one’s I attended as a child
God blessed my memory so that I can sing songs of Jesus Loves
He Loves all the children of the world, red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in His sight-shouldn’t your child know that?

When God made a day of rest,
It put the faithful to a test.
Do we use it to reflect on Him,
Go to church, or play on a whim?

Just sit back and rest and pray,
Remembering that it is His day.
He set it aside
For you and for me.

The work and the chores
That we did all week …
Now we are to stop,
Rest, and reflect on thee.

He is our father
And He cares so much.
For his children,
He loves the entire bunch.

The Sabbath, to some,
Will be the Saturday that comes.
To me, it will be next Sunday
For this old mom.

When I left college to go teach school,
I first found a church I could attend
It was a big beautiful church and I learned they had a mission
They needed workers at the little church
No one wanted to leave the big church to go work with these people
I went to the church and taught Sunday School
The pastor was the pastor of two churches
He was sometimes late since the churches were not close
If he wasn’t there at eleven, I led them in the singing
Then I would read a scripture and begin to explain it
The pastor often came in and sat on the first pew,
He would nod his head for me to continue
A bright spot in my life is the little church across the tracks
And the wonderful people I grew to love.

I am so excited we are going to have a revival.
All prayed up and want God to put a spark in me.
I love revivals, I was saved in one.
Yet I think what have I done
to prepare for a mountain top experience I need.
Haven’t prayed for a person or invited the lost.
What in the world will be the cost?
Nothing, not a thing in deed.
How do I expect Gods blessings to pour down on me.
When in reality, there is nothing that I have done
for HIM to bless me for the revival to come.
If revival comes to the ones I hold dear;
I must prepare myself and get out of here,
go witness for HIM and to them I will share
the love of my Lord for them He cares!

My Pastor has a heart for lost souls

That enthusiasm is contagious to all

He starts praying and preparing long before

The revival starts and the evangelist comes

I am thankful for my pastor and all that he stands for

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Have you thanked your pastor today

He is our shepherd and we are his sheep

He prays for us often even when we sleep

Have you thanked him for that

Do you remember the times you called on him

To come to the hospital to be by your side

He comes running and held your hand as you cried

Have you thanked him for that

Do you take him for granted and expect him to do it all

When it was because of Jesus he answered the call

Have you thanked him for that

We pay him a penance for all that he does

Yet never stop to think that he doesn’t serve by a clock

Have you thanked him for that

He hurts when you hurt as if you were his kin

He preaches the funerals as he cries within

Have you thanked him for that

Would you thank your Pastor today?