He Guides My Path – The Writing of Sarah Berthelson

Today as I awoke I knew that I needed to pray

To ask the Lord Jesus what would He have me to say

To the ones that He sends my way

He gave me this day

He said, you should call the lady across the street

She is alone and  feels defeat

Take a smile to the man that feels so beat

He has no friends or family that care

Help him this day as you go and share

He gave me this day

Often we plan our days ahead

He said, this is the day I made

Rejoice and be glad in it

Get up and go, don’t fret and sit

He gave me this day

Do what you can for our savior today

We are His hands, His feet and His mouth

We must do all that we can to share as we go about

He gave me this day

I have this day, not tomorrow to dread

Do what I can with the gospel to spread

Some are sick, defeated and worn

He gave me this day

God gave me this day to lean on Him

To study His word, to pray and to listen

He is speaking and I must heed
To His call today because someone is in need

He gave me this day

A rose is beautiful and smells so good
If I have a favorite flower it is a rose
I love all flowers and think they are beautiful
A rose reminds me of how God made humans
He made us beautiful in His sight but we have thorns
A rose as beautiful as it is, has thorns that will stick
The sin in our life are like the thorns on a rose
We show the beauty on the outside but the thorns are what God knows
He knows they are there and will just let us be
We justify the sin in our life and call it by another name
We call adultery, an affair, we call a loose woman, being promiscuous
Going half naked and showing all that we have
We call this fashion, there are many more that I could name
You know them and so do I, check out the bible and see what God Says!

Today, as I awoke and prayed
To the Lord above, I cried.
Knowing, just by my desire to speak
To Him, He listened.  I cried.

When I checked my email and realized
All the ones that had thought of me, I cried.
Looking out the window and seeing
His wonderful painting, I cried.

The phone rang. It was a friend
He had sent into my life. I cried.
Opening His word and knowing
He was speaking to me , I cried.

A lonely lady that knew I cared,
Called to say, “I love you.” I cried.
The lady across the street, walked over
To say I needed to talk. I cried.

A lovely little bird perched on my window sill;
Fluttered its wings to say, “I am here.” I cried
Oh, God, my Father, how you care about me
And reminded me today. I cried.

I thought of the day that He hung
On that cross for me. I cried.
Then, I remembered the third day
And the fact that He Is Alive !

THAT IS WHEN I BOWED MY HEAD
AND I SMILED !!!

I know that God’s word tells me
      That we will know each other in Heaven
      Will you walk around Heaven with me?

Just looking at the streets of gold
      Will be more than we can behold
      Will you walk around Heaven with me?

The beautiful river of life will  flow
      We can speak to all the folks we know
      Jesus will be smiling and His face will glow
      Will you walk around Heaven with me?

No more burdens are cares to bear
      Our love will be perfect up there
      Will you walk around Heaven with me?

      I cannot wait to see family and friends
      They will be there to tell me to come in
      Will you walk around Heaven with me?

Springtime is a beautiful time of the year,
come to the South and sneeze with us.
Your children will get infection of the ear.
To be in this beautiful place, we put up with the allergies.
People that do not know how to spell this word
will soon learn that the coming of Spring is near.
The flowers will bloom, the trees are all green;
one of the most beautiful times of the year
brings with it a bit of discomfort to all of us.
That is alright deep down in the South.
Put a little mask on to cover your mouth,
Go outside and look at the beauty of it all.
There is a time for all things, a time for winter, summer and fall
Just wait a little while and Springtime will call.

Doesn’t meant that you will not sneeze, some allergies come then

Then it will be winter and colds will start in

Oh brother, lets just enjoy today  because God made it that way

I don’t like spiders, snakes or snails
They don’t bother me, I certainly don’t bother them
I watch a spider spin his web, what talent he has
Maybe it is a She spider, I cannot tell
Little creatures fascinate me, even the snail
Snakes are the ones that scares me half to death
There are none of them that are not poisonous
None that will not bite, these are childhood fears
Frog aren’t bad and I will pick them up and play with them
That is about the extent of my adventurous side
Oh, I know they all have a purpose as we people do
The funny thing to me is that we humans are clueless
It’s the creature that act the way God intended
I think we could take a lesson from them
Maybe our habits we could mend!!!

His feathers were ruffled.  So, he fixed them, I am sure.
His presence was real as I watched his face and eyes, so pure.

I am not alone as he watched me and I looked at his face.
Seemingly he was saying, ‘Good morning, my friend,’ this is my place.

To see my Savior’s creation is a blessing to me,
Knowing He created them for me to hear and to see.

I am not alone as I sit and I watch
The birds or the butterflies, so close that I could touch.

God makes His presence so real to me, each day,
As I bow my head and, to Him, I pray.

“You are not alone, my child,” He will say.
“I am here, in so many ways.

Just look out the window and you will see
My creation is there for you to enjoy, from Me.

I love you, my child, you are never alone.
Your Father is with you.  So, be happy at home.”

Today my brother Wiley laid the corn by
When he told me I could have cried
To remembered the days that I did just that
Plowed the last furrow with sweat on my brow
Wiley will wait as I have many times
Until the corn grows and we will soon be fed
The cattle are happy and the horses too
The horses run and play and the cows will moo
Those days for me have come and gone
Don’t have to worry about the crop to come in
Wiley has laid the corn by today
We will have corn on the cob I pray
This brother of mine did all the work
So his little sister will not have a quirk
The joy is all his, for the ones that are hurt
The corn is laid by and now he has no work!!

To be honest with all, as I recall, I did not work

Now this is the truth-Oophs!

The snow is coming down in Tennessee today
All over the country with the exception of the deep South
God has covered His land with the beauty we see
Not dirt or garbage to see on this day
HE has cleaned up our yards and the ditches as well
An example for me that He is so real and a great big deal
How can we question that He is not here with us
When He smiles on us and gives us the seasons
It is not for us to figure out or the reason
The trees are all covered with a dusting of snow
Just for us to enjoy and to know
That he is the reason for all of the season
Whether it be sunny, rain, wind or snow
It is all beautiful and it is His show
He said, he would forgive us from all of our sin
He will cleans us from sin am make us white as snow
As I look our the window and ask for forgiveness
I know that He is listening and wanting to know
What I am confessing and listens so intently
As I beg for forgiveness of the times that I forgot
To say Lord Jesus I made a terrible mistake
He showed me the snow to remind me this day
That He is with me and will continue to stay
Thank you for reminding me that how clean I can be
Just watching the snow as it covers my world
To remind me I am free!!