These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Review the Test

Sometimes steps give way to stops,
when going is not best.
The active skips, and jumps, and hops.
The wise reviews the test.

Some days, events don't make good sense
when trying meets rebuff.
The hairs' not clean, another rinse
may make us clean enough.

Somewhere a victory is won
when Hope becomes the gift.
The sadness weighs a living ton.
The heart despairs to lift.

Somehow the day, though wearing thin
is what it needs to be.
The Lord can teach you how to win
when Self from Self is free.

by Jay O’Toole
on June 2nd, 2025