These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Waiting for the Next Big thing

Sometimes this life is just a list
of daily things, that we must do.
The loved ones cared for, hugged and kissed,
plus cleaning house that's never through.

And then there's work, beyond the house,
that pays the bills, and buys the gifts.
The groceries shopped by either spouse,
which feed the tummies, the heart it lifts.

So many things invade our minds.
The constant tasks make rest to flee.
The pressing years, that weighing blinds
to playful childhood days we'd see.

But when a moment's breath we take
to think on respite with the Lord,
what a gift of Joy we thus partake
found swimming in The Divine True Word.

We're waiting now for Christ's Return.
The Blest Day when we'll see His Face.
This starts the years to ever learn,
to be as we were made in Grace.

But when His Majesty comes anon,
the waiting will be ever o'er.
The Greatest Love, God's Only Son,
Salvation in This Blessed Door.

If hear you can, thou needst not wait.
The behest is yours. Oh, come with speed.
Such difference made, 'tis ever great.
His Time is now. He will not plead.

by Jay O’Toole
on January 14th, 2026