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 |   We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life. |
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"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 “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    |
The Will is here when Christ is home. The Will of Christ will never roam. His Will is done when He is praised. His Will is how the dream is raised. "For it is God, which worketh here in you, He works to make it clear. He works to make your will His own. He works in you to build His Throne." (Philippians 2:13) The waitings of the Lord seem rude. We struggle for a hopeful mood. The bones are dry upon the ground with dusty land strewn all around. (Ezekiel 37:1-14) He asks us when He for us hides, "Will these bones live or be denied?" "We have no faith," we think, "to use. The Lord Alone gives life to choose." "The mystery is now my best. I do not understand this test. Will, You, now bring me Hope, Lord, soon?" "The answer's in the Scripture's boon." (Psalm 91:1-2) "Abide in God's own secret place in the shadow of Almighty Grace. The Lord, He is my refuge dear. I trust in Him and my sight I clear." The Will is answered in His time. The answered Will is sure and primed. That Jesus will arrive with us gives hope to daily wait and trust. by Jay O'Toole on January 26th, 2020 |
Verse #1 Life's a daily wondrous way. Yet, perfect it is not. The dreams He gives can cause dismay. He seems to have forgot. Chorus We stay the course, consistent one! We stay the course and pray! We stay the course 'til God be done tomorrow and today! Verse #2 The daily task may seem so dull. We wonder what's to come. Our greener pastures daily mull, but Life's no tidy sum. Chorus We stay the course, consistent one! We stay the course and pray! We stay the course 'til God be done tomorrow and today! Verse #3 The promise God has made may seem so very far away, but God is keeping ev'ry dream, for Time to fully weigh. Chorus We stay the course, consistent one! We stay the course and pray! We stay the course 'til God be done tomorrow and today! Bridge Stay the course and seek God's Face. Stay with Him beyond disgrace. Stay the course and see. Chorus We stay the course, consistent one! We stay the course and pray! We stay the course 'til God be done tomorrow and today! Verse #4 The pieces of God's story's told. The way is always true. Audacious He and fully bold when working good for you. Chorus We stay the course, consistent one! We stay the course and pray! We stay the course 'til God be done tomorrow and today! by Jay O'Toole on January 25th, 2020 |
| Bottom, bottom of the best. Big, bold billows, harshest test. Briny sea, and brazen wind, the blasted blight of mariners thinned. Beginning here begs the best of our search. Believing the boast of their barnacled perch. Befuddled by the bay and the deep blackish blue. Befriended by the boys in the boat now not new. Balance, balance, they're brave or they're bruised. Brackish the bier with their brown scars bemused. Blatantly blasted by the big ball of the sun. Boneyard lambasted before they make fun. Bold, bold, the book of the bound Barb of the puffer through his belly now found. Bitter the bite of the grief-burnished soul. Baffled the base of the brains now unwhole. Book, Oh the book of the ice-blistered mind. Basest of bullies, who broke us unkind. Boat has been banished from billows and shores. Blasted by barnacles, boasted in lores. Briefly, the breeze beckoned, "Bliss, I've for thee." Barque ever broken before we could see. Ball of the foot, blameworthy and blind. Basking in barnacles, breath ne'er can find. Bliss, ever bliss in the bastion so bold. Believing the best from the bottom so cold. Begone be the brackish and briny and bland. Before boldest blaze, we ever shall stand. by Jay O'Toole on January 24th, 2020 Author’s Note: This was written for the January 2020 round of "Rhythm & Rhyme: Poetry/Lyrics Challenge"  Day 5 Prompt: Create a poem OR song lyrics correctly using alliteration, and also using the 5 random words provided **Alliteration is challenging for me as you can plainly see. I have used the required words to create the tale of an ill-fated voyage. The ship and the entire complement of mariners were all lost. Yet, even in the tragedy of the day, the writer and the reader alike may hold out hope for a great Day and life beyond the grave for those, who believed in the Christ, Who died and rose, again. I have notated the required words in a blue font to insure, that they've all been used.** |
| Dr. Seuss is my friend. Oh, I really must say, "Thank you, Sir, for the laughs, and the beauteous play!" With your Cat in the Hat and green eggs on the plate reading skips on the tongue. The event is just great!" "'Twas you're Christmas with Grinch made us learn it's a cinch, that the day made of self will bring joy, not an inch, but a heart, that doth grow makes us quickly to know ev'ry gift made of love is the best without show." Now, each time I would write with a rhythm and rhyme, using anapest cadence with beauty sublime, I must chuckle within for the tones of this feat harken t'ward this good doctor's incredible treat. Do you like making words, that would help us to read? Do you like taking trips on boats, trains or a steed? Do you think, that a child's dancing laughter and joy is where your writing skills should make lasting employ? Then embrace anapest and impress all your friends for each merriment day brings a heart hopes to tend. If you're wondering how we could ever go back to the days of disgrace in which joy was at lack, then I'd urge you, my friend, to move forward and bless each lone soul with a tear, living life in a mess. For depression just melts when you speak anapest. Every mouth curls a smile as you blather a jest. Were all days made of sunshine and loved ones to kiss, were all nights made of joy and great treasures of bliss, then our lives would all be wondrous health without end as our creative crayons on paper would blend. But while life has its ups and its downs and its flips, we must help others back to their feet after trips. If we learn how to speak anapest with the tongue, then our names will bring hope with each song, that we've sung. by Jay O'Toole on January 23rd, 2020 Author’s Note: This was written for the January 2020 round of "Rhythm & Rhyme: Poetry/Lyrics Challenge" Day 4 Prompt: Create your own poetry form written in anapestic meter **Dr. Seuss has been a great inspiration for me. His repeated phonemes have helped me to understand and improve my reading and speaking abilities and on top of that my writing abilities as well. Though Dr. Seuss has written in other meters throughout his books of poetry, it is anapest for which he is most remembered in my heart. Proverbs 17:22 expresses it this way, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." Few dispense such health to my heart as consistently as Dr. Seuss.** {/dropnote} |
Verse #1 If the Savior comes today, will you walk the Glory way? Up above the stars so high in His mansion ne'er to die, saved from sin His Grace has lift woeful souls, who need His Gift. Chorus If the Savior comes today, live in Mercy's full display. Joy forever He will give, if your heart is His to live. Blessed Savior raised to be Husband for believers free. Verse #2 If the Savior comes today, we'll remember the joyful day He was born in the manger low, then one day to Calvary go. Up above the Jewish soil paid the price in lasting toil. Chorus If the Savior comes today, resurrection saves the day. Hope in Christ is His to give, if your heart is His to live. Blessed Savior raised to be Husband for believers free. Verse #3 If the Savior comes today choice of joy or full dismay, lasting rivers of His bliss, if His truth you once did kiss, but in Hell, if you reject Mercy and your soul have wrecked. Chorus If the Savior comes today, will you walk the Glory way? Full salvation He will give, if your heart is His to live. Blessed Savior raised to be Husband for believers free. by Jay O'Toole on January 22nd, 2020 Author’s Note: This was written for the January 2020 round of "Rhythm & Rhyme: Poetry/Lyrics Challenge" Day 3 Prompt: Write your own lyrics to the tune of the ABC Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Baa Baa Black Sheep **Growing up in the home of a Baptist preacher, I learned the truth of the Gospel message from my earliest years. I became a Christian at age six, and I have had no more important thoughts to share than that all men everywhere need to come to Jesus, the Christ of Nazareth, for everlasting salvation. The tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" has been known to my young heart for just as many years. To marry the tune and the message is a great joy to my heart. I pray, that every reader will gain everlasting encouragement in His great Salvation purchased on Calvary's Cross and through the resurrection from the garden tomb, which was borrowed but for a weekend. I've given a theme and variation, that you should recognize easily enough in verse #2.** |
| The pruners bring us more from less. The cuts don't bless. They feel abused, and wronged and used. But when the junk is fully gone the blooming swan is better far than hurts that mar. To grow beyond a moment's pain is wisdom's gain. A friend will harm releasing charm. by Jay O'Toole on January 21st, 2020 c:lgrey}Author’s Note: This was written for the January 2020 round of "Rhythm & Rhyme: Poetry/Lyrics Challenge" Day 2 Prompt: Create iambic meter within the Minute Poetry form **I spent three hours yesterday afternoon working in a friend's yard with multiple bushes, that needed some intense and often severe pruning to return the plants to good health. Were they able to speak, they would no doubt have questioned the integrity of my friendship with them and with their owner. However, surgery, whether the physical pruning of plants or the emotional surgery of telling a friend something he or she needs to hear, but probably doesn't care to consider at the moment, is the kindest thing a friend can do in order to improve the life of another. Iambic meter is a favorite of mine. It is probably the most used form throughout all the history of my poetry writing.** |
| This is the melody for the song. ba BUM ba ba BUM ba BUM ba ba BUM ba BUM ba ba BUM ba ba BUM ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chorus Succeeding at life, while failing the deed shows faithfulness unto the Lord. The Bible is true, though few dare to read the stories throughout His great Word. Verse #1 The preacher named, "Noah" just spoke to the air for nobody came in the boat, but Noah, his wife, and son's wives were there as Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his dote. Verse #2 The writer named, "Paul" wrote most of the last of Bible books for us to read. His words landed him in prison so fast, that none could accuse him of greed. Verse #3 Yet, these are the sum, those favored by God, who failed at their primary task, but when life is o'er the Truth of His Word reveals in His Presence they bask. Bridge Succeeding at life, while failing the deed is really not bad as it seems. by Jay O'Toole on January 20th, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Author’s Note: This was written for the January 2020 round of "Rhythm & Rhyme: Poetry/Lyrics Challenge" Day 1 Prompt: Create a steady melody to be used consistently throughout your song lyrics **I heard a speaker this weekend, who pointed out the fact, that some of the greatest individuals in The Holy Bible lived their lives on Earth quite unsuccessfully through no fault of their own. Noah was a preacher of righteousness, who preached for 120 years, but the only people, who accepted what he had to say, were the members of his own family. Paul wrote most of the books of the New Testament, but he spent a large portion of his life in prison and was finally killed for his faith. My lyrics show my fondness for iambic and anapestic meter flavored in a very personal way.** |
Live the Life of Holiness. Redeem your days in Him. Walk away from your past mess, and Hope you'll always win. Be courageous! Live to the full. Give the seasoned word. Live in the Spirit. List to His pull. Make One Christ your Lord. Be consistent every day! Keep the trodden road. God's great Glory on display. Blessings fully showed. by Jay O'Toole on January 18th, 2020 |
The taste of joy lingers in my heart. Love for Humanity stays throughout the year. Greatest human love throughout the year, Shines as twinkling lights, that no more nightly burn. Colorful lights, that no more nightly burn shine within my servant's heart all day. Shining in my servant's heart all-day are hopes to make my world a better place. These hopes to make my world a better place reflect the child's desire for Santa's cause. Reflecting light the child for Santa's cause gives each day in the hope of Christmas's return. Myself a daily gift in hope of Christmas's return. The taste of joy still lingers in my heart. by Jay O'Toole on January 18th, 2020 |
| Sometimes it becomes necessary to find new homes for well-established plants. Maybe they have been doing so well, that their effusive natures are just not beneficial to the present environs. Roots are pruned, severely at times. Always the event requires physical, emotional, and spiritual fortitude from the gardener and endurance from the plant. The process of transplanting is, indeed, a moving experience. crowned with lively blooms poverty to riches fair royal life will thrive by Jay O'Toole on January 17th, 2020 |
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