These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Relief is Sought

Some days the weight of life is laid
upon our weary shoulders pressed.
"Is there no help?" each voice dismayed
cries out to God in chords most stressed.

Can we yet walk another mile,
when restful moments are so few?
A determined heart brings a struggling smile,
that most can't guess without a clue.

Eternity will bring us peace,
if in The Lord we are made whole,
but while we're here can full release
be Christians' hope and daily goal?

They ate the fruit, first parents' deed,
and we are born to daily die.
So, peace in pain is our best need,
and to be heard when oft we cry.

"Dear Lord, is pain Your punishment
for sins I've done, and those before?
Or is there more in Curtain's rent
than daily toil we have in store?"

"Dear child, this mind be in you, now.
For Jesus Christ hath suffered, died,
exalted whole, at His Feet bow.
All tongues confess, 'His Glory abides.'"
(Philippians 2:5-11, KJV)

"For our light afflictions, moment's woes.
Today a grace, tomorrow's best.
It works for us. It glory knows"
to make us smile e'en at the test.
(II Corinthians 4:17, KJV)

by Jay O’Toole
on September 28th, 2023