These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Unwrapping the Gift on Secret Christmas Morn

The Tree is where the gifts are placed,
below or even on.
The Package of Eternal Grace
is One blest slabbed-placed Son.

The third morn He arose, unwrapped
the shroud of blood-stained cloths
to bless some humans, always trapped
in Sin's ungainly swath.

Unwrapping gifts on Christmas Day
is what we humans do.
Unwrapping Grace is Christ's display.
His last words were, "It is through."

by Jay O’Toole
on March 27th, 2023