"Buckets Full of Love"

 

Written for Mrs. Sylvia Rager, who for these years, showed up at Vacation Bible School and served more than Snacks. She served us all “Buckets of Love"

 

 

 

 

 

As July summer rolls around

And VBS draws near

We get our games, the crafts, and snacks

For our favorite time of year

 

The kids get all excited

All our workers get new shirts

We put up posters, practice skits

And send out loud alerts

 

Then here comes Monday evening

The Buses roll on in

We sing and clap and have such fun

Then preach of hell and sin

 

The youngins come in by the droves

With pennies in their hands

We take up offerings for the Lord

We’ll send to foreign lands

 

Some kids get loud, some fussy

Some quiet as a dove

But when they leave to head on home

They take Buckets Full of Love

 

Who made the Buckets each one bears?

Who put such love inside?

To pour out over every child

This Love so Deep and Wide

 

For every child is a gift

The ones that makes us smile

And even ones that draw our frown

Who force us the extra mile

 

Yes, they all need bathed with charity

From head to knees and toes

To rid them of their hurts and griefs

The pain only their God knows

 

Buckets Full of Jesus Love

Dripped over every kid

To heal wounds of a cruel world

Their scars so often hid

 

Who gathered all these cherished pails

And placed such care in them

Who emptied all a mother’s love

And filled them to the brim

 

This love that soothes a child soul

And gives them joy anew

I know who poured these Buckets

Sweet Mrs. Rager, It was YOU.