These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Was Jesus Born in October?

Did Jesus' birthday really come
upon that cold, and night-filled day?
Or did He fill our history's sum
by filling one, lone manger's hay?

The One appointed to redeem
could easily have been true born
as the Atoning Day's first gleam,
that blazed through sin's most awful storm.

It seems that Fall's a wondrous time
to swaddle the Newborn King among
the animals in the stable prime,
where an angel could shine, and joy be sung.

I understand the date we use
to symbolize the Brightest Light
when darkness could not Him refuse
as God invaded all that's night.

The Birth of Christ, the fall of Man,
The Yom Kippur of HIStory.
His Death, His Call by God's Blest Plan,
Elected souls He came to free.

by Jay O’Toole
on July 10th, 2024