These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

He arose! He’s a Rose!

O, “He arose!” The birds now sing.
That He's a rose the garden shows.
O, “He arose!” The bells now ring.
Sweet. He’s a rose the image grows.

No grave could keep the Son of God.
The Earth explodes to bring Him forth.
My hopeful heart will full applaud
to show the Christ of lasting worth.

The ground is level at the cross.
All humans have no statured grace.
Salvation’s Hope removes all loss.
For in the Lord we now have place.

“We bring Him spices to anoint.
He died and now our hope is gone.
The door is open. What’s the point?
He’s gone, and we are all alone."

The angel said, “He is not here.
He went to Galilee as told."
They fled away from the musty tomb.
Belief now lost. They felt so cold.

The sun now shines more bright than day.
Salvation’s Light illumines hearts.
He is alive. We need obey
Receiving Hope, redemption starts.

We daren’t refuse to trust the Lord.
It is not good for our own lives.
“Arise” was promised in His Word.
In joyful Hope believers thrive.

Belief transforms each purposed thought.
We live and breathe and serve throughout.
Receiving Hope as we are taught
will show to all what we’re about.

The weakness of our faith is sad,
but not at all the final loss.
We serve Him with each heart, that’s glad.
Our life is service at His Cost.

by Jay O’Toole
on April 17th, 2022