These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

The House on the Rock Stood Firm

How many are the stormy gales,
assailing human homes!
The thickest wood, the strongest nails
ensure it ne'er will roam.

In Matthew 7: 24
the saga quickly starts
of building homes below the floor,
that wisdom's base imparts.

Yet, 26 in words, that moan
of foolish man, who makes
his house so quickly up and blown,
that weather all it takes.

The wise and foolish have one house,
that each through lifetime tends.
Now, whe'er alone or with a spouse
results are made for ends.

To build a life on Christ alone
as one unmoving Rock
shows Wisdom reigns on your lasting throne
preventing judgment's shock,

But building lives on the shifting sands
of man's inconstant thoughts
insures it cannot judgment stand,
a foolish man, untaught.

We each can choose "The Way, the Truth,
the Life" in all we do.
The choice we make right from our youth
will make us ever new.

by Jay O’Toole
on September 23rd, 2019