These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Been Made Right

"Amazing grace how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see."

Verse #1 of "Amazing Grace" by John Newton

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What changed in me to make me whole?
When did I start to trust?
When did I cling to this new goal?
When was my life made just?

When was I made alive inside?
When did I choose the Lord?
Am I yet humble, without pride?
Consume I now the Word?

Can once we're saved, we speak this bold?
Or is this statement pride?
Can we be sure of Heav'n when told?
Or is this Hope denied?

I was quite young when Hell became real.
I knew I must avoid that Place,
but Hope was not through what I'd feel,
nor words of honesty and lace.

I prayed the prayer when I was six.
I wondered, if I'd done it right.
Emotions can play us with tricks,
uncertainty, that leads to fright.

How many times at Altar Call
would I go there to make things right?
How often on my face I'd fall,
and rise not knowing of my plight.

But then the Scriptures by His Aid
became my Counselor and Guide.
The way I know my heart is stayed
upon the Truth, in Jesus hide...

...is as the vital signs reflect
new life in me, that shows forth Christ.
New heart, new passions all connect
with He, Who paid Sin's awful Price.

No man can come to Christ at all
without the Father's drawing, "Come,"
and when obeyed this drawing call
is ne'er denied by His Own Son.
(John 6:37,44, KJV)

The heart now changed from stone to flesh
with spirit changed in this manner the same
desires the things of God the best.
The new-made life is now-made plain.
(Ezekiel 36:26-27; John 3:3, KJV)

by Jay O’Toole
on October 20th, 2025


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