These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Prayer for the Eastern Half

O, Lord, please keep our bodies safe,
and spirits save for aye.
The hope we have is all by faith
in what you’re Word doth say.

These piles of snow and ice and sleet
cause harm to those, who need
such great protection, wondrous heat,
and sustenance to feed.

The need to move on icy roads
is treacherous at best.
Make safe our trips on largest stroads.
Return us home quite blest.

The work of ev'ry tech, who braves
the frozen trees to fix
electric lines, the lives he saves
are by his actions rich.

All first responders in this storm
in honored sacrifice
are working harm to keep souls warm,
and offer sage advice.

The days ahead bring aftermath,
and great recovery.
O, Lord, please help souls in the path
their hopeful future see.

Salvation's Message we all need.
Please, choose us by Your Grace,
that Now, and Evermore we're freed
from Hell the awful Place.

One Jesus, Perfect, lived His years
to cover our great loss.
His Death paid all our sin-stained fears.
He rose expunging cost.

The blanket of the fallen snow,
the icy shroud of death
are pictures of the Truths we know
in taken, given breath.

Sin stormed across this world first made.
What once was purest white
became great blackness by lust bade
to fell us in our plight.

Save, Lord, from this storm's harmful worst,
and save our souls from Sin,
or evermore in lasting thirst
we'll wish Your Grace could win.

But now Your Grace can win the day
to meet what we can't meet.
To save all lives as Your Will may,
and all that's bad defeat.

by Jay O’Toole
on January 24th, 2026