These Are My JOTtings...

Tribute to Psalm 84

How lovely is Your Place, O Lord!
I long to daily be
Within Your Courts, around Your Word,
Your Lovely Face to see.

My heart and flesh are crying out
to be with living God.
The sparrow is secured about.
The swallow has abode.

She lays her young on altars, Lord.
my God and yes, my King.
How blessed they are to dwell by Word
in House where I may sing!

So blessed the man, whose strength is You!
Your heart doth guide their ways!
When Valley of Great Weeping through,
a well with them it stays.

The rain doth fill the pools anon,
it also fills the pools.
They lean from strength to strength upon
the waters flowing cool.

In Zion all 'fore God appear.
O, Lord, please hear my prayer.
Give ear to God of Jacob here.
I'll meditate while there.

Behold, O God, our Shield, and look
upon the face You chose,
Anointed in Thy lasting Book,
and in Thy Grace arose.

A day within Thy courts is more
than thousand not in there.
I'd rather much to keep Thy store
than dwell with those, who swear.

For Lord, O God, is sun and shield.
He gives us glory, grace.
No good from them, who fully yield,
withhold in upright pace.

O Lord of hosts, how blessed the man,
who puts his trust in You.
You lead him in Your righteous Plan,
until his life is through.

And when his life is through You'll lead
throughout Eternity
For Christ on cross did fin'lly bleed
that he would be set free.

How blessed to come to Christ this day
to have His life within!
Though life on Earth may oft dismay,
the life in Christ will win!

by Jay O'Toole
on April 11th, 2017