These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The Birth, and the Resurrection: SameTime of Year?

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