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We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.
"Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement.
One fails forward toward success."

C. S. Lewis


"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it,
but because by it I see everything else."

C. S. Lewis




I have come home at last!
This is my real country!
I belong here.
This is the land
I have been looking for all my life,
though I never knew it till now...
Come further up, come further in!

― C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1059917-the-last-battle


“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.”


J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring


“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

J.R.R. Tolkien




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March 31, 2023 at 1:02pm
March 31, 2023 at 1:02pm
#1047240
God became the Man, Who's God.

The Child once born in a stable bed,
was shown The Man, Who died and rose.

All Time was changed by timeless God-Man.
Eternity is ruled by His Lone Word.
Redemption saves believers, now.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 31st, 2023


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March 30, 2023 at 10:17pm
March 30, 2023 at 10:17pm
#1047202
evidence is weighed
final choice must then be done
doubts must be dispatched

exercise the faith
believing all the Lord does
standing on the Truth

weigh the mental voice
stay with what you know is right
believing the Lord

childlike faith is best
knowing God will never change
focus on His Face

believing the One, Whose trust
is worthy, and will not fail


by Jay O’Toole
on March 30th, 2023


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March 29, 2023 at 5:21pm
March 29, 2023 at 5:21pm
#1047141
The wind, unseen by human eyes,
it blows upon the hoary head.
To dwell within the earthly skies,
it stands a ghost and runs when led.

The wind, its gentle face caresse,
doth comfort heart and spirit twain,
but in its violence of duress
all men's creations are as vain.

The wind, a symbol of the heart,
will bless the world when all is good,
but when its changes come to start
the suddenness of bad is rude.

The wind must be by God contained
for life to venture past today.
The heart must be by God full reigned
for Hope to live beyond dismay.

The wind and heart encouragement now
when given voice to show their strength,
but lost the day when bad makes bow
a life beyond its given brink.

Some day the Master of the wind
will say thee, "Peace!" and "Stop!" "Enough!"
for blowing causes reeds to bend,
and hearts to bow when words are rough.

Yet, He by words can all create,
and He by words can be Heart's balm
for He is ne'er too soon, nor late
to speak, "SHALOM!" and greatest calm.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 29th, 2023


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March 28, 2023 at 8:08pm
March 28, 2023 at 8:08pm
#1047113
The Great I Am from Time Unknown
created all we see,
and all we cannot see alone
is more than the mind can free.

When Man was placed upon the Earth
obeyed he God awhile,
but then he broke the best to birth
a lasting Sin, so vile.

God had The Plan to save these souls
before they breathed their first.
First Sin had not destroyed His goals.
His blessing wins o'er the Curse.

The Son of God would leave His Home
becoming the Son of Man.
The atmosphere of this lone dome
is the cathedral for His Plan.

The virgin's womb became the door
to birth the Door to God.
The rocky must of the manger's floor
was the start to fix all flawed.

The silent years of the Everlasting Word
saw Perfection live like us,
that when His thoughts were finally heard
His Truth would stand as thus.

He called twelve men to teach The Way.
He angered the teachers of men.
With miracles on full display,
He sparked the demise of Sin.

"He's not of God. He breaks the Law.
He must be silenced fast.
"
They broke the Law with each lying flaw
to keep enthroned the Past.

Accusers' words they fully heard,
but slapped the Face of Truth.
They crucified The Living Word,
most perfect from His youth.

They swaddled Jesus, now in death,
and laid Him in a cave,
but on day three The Living Breath
was risen from the grave.

His earthbound friends were mystified,
"Could He yet live, again?"
They touched the flesh of their great Guide,
now Victor over Sin.

"I am The Way, The Truth, The Life.
There is no other way
to come to God. All paths are strife
apart from Me, I say.
"

The naked heart will stand before
the God of piercing gaze,
but those now clothed by He, Who bore
their sin will know just praise.

Please, come to Him with all you are.
Receive all that He bought.
Salvation is not very far.
He gives it. It's not caught.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 28th, 2023


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March 27, 2023 at 3:22pm
March 27, 2023 at 3:22pm
#1047051
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


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March 24, 2023 at 8:45pm
March 24, 2023 at 8:45pm
#1046934
tiny fingers grow
reddish tones, that make it great
protect it from foes


by Jay O’Toole
on March 24th, 2023


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March 23, 2023 at 2:36pm
March 23, 2023 at 2:36pm
#1046890
The Son of Ever's Lord
left Home of Blessed horde
to stabilize the Earth
through His blest stable birth.
He died and rose again
in the spring to master Sin.

With two young Jewish souls,
He lived to make us whole.
Obedient this Son,
His perfect life has won.
The God, Who came to men
in the spring to master Sin.

His Christmas Birth was close
to death's most awful throes.
His Resurrection joys
are greater than all toys.
The Victor o'er all gins
in the spring to master Sin.

Returned He to His Home,
that we no more need roam.
These holidays are great
because He came of late.
The Victory to win
in the spring to master Sin.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 23rd, 2023


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March 22, 2023 at 3:44pm
March 22, 2023 at 3:44pm
#1046846
This spring of water, living new,
is full of truth and grace.
He has great hope to give to you.
Now, look upon His Face.

These days we see, that flora grows
is really just a touch
of what we'll see when the heart fully knows
His Blessings ever much.

He once was born in one year's spring.
He died and rose, again,
some decades later, that spring would sing
with the Savior's Gift for men.

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,"
Who "Up From the Grave Arose."
Let's live each day the world to tell
new life have those he chose.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 22nd, 2023


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March 21, 2023 at 3:58pm
March 21, 2023 at 3:58pm
#1046805
The man you were, the man I am,
the legacy we want to leave.
It's harder now to daily stand
because you're gone, and now I grieve.

'Tis 21, the years this March,
that I have walked this trail alone
without my father's loving arch,
whose words could bless the ways I've grown.

I pray I honor him each day
by living a life that's full of Grace.
I pray I'll finally hear him say,
"I'm proud of you. You've kept your place."

The tears we cry are known in Heaven.
The pain we feel within His Wings
is cherished by He, Who Side so riven,
can help us, Whose compassion sings.

"Dear Dad, I miss you, but I'm proud
of who you've lived your life to be,
a man, who served the Lord, and plowed,
for one day with Him, you I'll see.
"


by Jay O’Toole
on March 21st, 2023


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March 20, 2023 at 2:21pm
March 20, 2023 at 2:21pm
#1046740
The birth of Jesus in the barest cave
was needed when the temperatures were mild.
His victory was won o'er dankest grave
by He, Who had been manger's little child.

Methinks the days were very close toge'er
for He, Who always knows the rightest time.
He paid my cost, that I in deepest care
could find relief in His Great Gift sublime.

Up from the grave, He surely rose to stand
before His Father, living ev'ry Word.
The things alike make up the picture grand.
The Truth forever spoken to be heard.

The bookends of His Life were these two caves,
that sons be made of ev'ryone He saves.


by Jay O’Toole
on March 20th, 2023


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