These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

What Shall We Write?

What shall we write when this day is now past?
The sun is now set, and deeds are now done.
What shall we say when the first is now last?
The temporal is gone, and the lasting is won.

What shall we write when the Nano arrives?
Is there a tale, that now must be writ?
Who are the souls, that newly will thrive
in words, we will type, in parts, that will fit?

What shall we write in Eternity's Day?
For now, we are writing how e'er we'll be known.
Each saving in Christ is not words, that we say.
The saving is His. By His hands, we are grown.

What shall we write, that is not of His gift?
What are thoughts we create, that are not of His Seed?
What are hopes in our hearts, that He did not lift?
What Salvation is owned, that is not His First Deed?

by Jay O’Toole
on August 20th, 2024