These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Christmas Eve

This Christmas Eve we wait anew
for old Saint Nicholas,
a great man, who had much to do
with many souls to bless.

He loved the Lord with all his heart,
and lived to glory bring
to Christ, the Lord Salvation's Start
and End to make us sing.

Each gift surrounding ev'ry tree
is testimony of
the death, and rest, and Life to free
in Christ's eternal Love.

We savor ev'ry moment, now,
'til gifts present the choice.
Will we receive, before Him bow
or follow our own voice?

How can one man leave a gift for all
the humans on this Earth,
unless He be the Lord, Whose Call
leads to everlasting birth.
(John 6:37,44; John 14:6)

by Jay O’Toole
on December 24th, 2022