He Guides My Path – The Writing of Sarah Berthelson

If my people who are called by my name

Will humble themselves and pray

I will hear their prayer

I will forgive their sins

I will  heal their land

Let His people pray

Today as we sit and watch

The devastation of nature

People have lost everything

We shed tears for the pain we see

Let His people pray

There is a war across the waters

Where our troops are fighting

For our freedom and peace in our land

Let His people pray

Domestic violence is rampart in our world

Child abuse is higher than we think

We have never seen such greed before

Let His people pray

Our president is doing all he can for us

Whether you like him or not

God’s word teaches us to respect him

Let His people pray

There is suffering and death

All around us today

We humble ourselves and pray

That you will bless our people today

Let us humble ourselves and pray

God what a mess we are in and I cannot do anything but trust in you
I cannot go to New York and dig, or to Washington to visit the bereaved
Praying is what I am doing and I hope you can hear me Lord Jesus
My heart is breaking for what I have seen on TV and what I have heard
So many brothers and sisters are hurting today so I just pray
Their hearts will be healed and they will go to their knees
I lost a son to suicide several years ago and my heart is still broken
There are things about us that never heal when our loved ones are gone
Only you, Lord Jesus, is all that we have in times like these
That is enough! Yes Lord, That is enough, I think of what you did for us
Hanging on that tree, that we can be free, regardless of what has happened in the USA
You are there with your hand out to bring your children peace
Thank you Lord that I am an American and I am so proud to be
A child of a King and the honor of being just one little speck in the masses
Of the wonderful United States of America
Our Father, take care of us in the days a head that we will not become bitter or dread
The days to come sound like they will test our faith more than ever
Help us to pass this test by being faithful to you and to our fellow man
Thank you God for our President who shows us that you are in his heart
Take him by his hand and lead him to do what you would have him do
Let our children see that you are the one that is our Shepherd and will lead us through these waters
Keep your hand on my land and take care of the Military, Thank you God! I Praise You for Your Love for us!

A disease called diabetes had taken it’s toll.
The doctor said a part of his leg would have to go.

God bless you, Jim!!

When I was a child, I thought as a child

So innocent and pure were my thoughts back then

Then I grew up and a teenager I became, I didn’t know much

Sometimes I thought I was insane, couldn’t believe how I had changed

When I turned twenty and was a college co-ed

I thought it was something and nothing to dread

Well college was over and I had to go to work

Taught school in Meridian and loved what I did

In my twenties I married a Marine, still thinking everything was fine

Now I am a senior citizen and have raised a family

Worries and troubles everywhere I look!

Friends are sick and dying now, things to worry about are here

The only thing that keeps me sane is the Love of my Lord

I hurt when people hurt and that isn’t fun

What happened to the fun times of being a child?

The 4-H club was a very big deal for the Country kids
It was a place that we could belong and not go wrong
Every year we had a big parade in our little town
Every kid in the county would have on their green and white
Line up at the Court House and walk all over town
Up one street and down the other with the band playing
Oh what a deal this just had to be for us to be seen
The only problem with me was my mama decided that I needed new shoes
So every year at the great parade I had on my little green skirt
The white blouse and my pretty new shoes
There was a big problem as big as the parade
The new shoes caused a problem that you would not believe
I had blisters on my feet that covered my heels
I suffered threw it all because this was a big deal
Often I wondered if the other kids had blisters too
I would have never asked, did not want them to know
I wore defective Shoes!!

I learned this strange word several years ago
Bipolar was the word that I did not understand
As the doctor looked at my handsome son,
He said, ‘bipolar is what he has’
Never did I know what this disease could do
My wonderful child suffered and I could not know
The torture he felt when he was so low
Or the excitement he felt when he was high
To my sorrow I wish I had known
Just what he was going through
One day he said, Mom I enjoy the highs
But I know the low will come
It came one day with much despair
He went down in the woods and took his life
Oh how my heart aches today for the one that is gone
Manic-Depression is another name for this
Remember you are loved and take your medication
Don’t let BIPOLAR take control!!

As a young college student I often did not think
I acted on impulse or just to make my friends laugh
There were many young people at a Christian retreat
We walking across a bridge with a huge river below
One of my friends gave a very dangerous order
You should jump off the bridge, what fun that would be
I did not think and off I sailed
Hitting the water, without a yell
Bursting my ear drum as I fell far down into the river
Came up hurting with a great big shiver
A very stupid jump if I must say
It is a wonder that I am here today!!
I suggest that you think before you jump
It could be you that ends up in the slump

God you tell me to thank you in everything

Today I can thank you for the trials of my life

Even for the fears and the the tears

It isn’t easy to thank you for the troubled times

You told me you would be there and I would be blessed

I knew you could and I knew you would make them a blessing

It was hard to see you there when I was deep into the valley

As I look back now, I can see you were there all the time

Holding my hand and walking with me as I felt the pain

Now I can see that my losses were your gain

Thank you Lord for showing Yourself to me in so many ways

Walking with me and talking with me along this path

The lonely times, the sad and glad times

The illnesses, the pain and the grief

There was my Savior reassuring me that He loves even ME

Today I thank you LORD and so thankful I can!!