Tonight’s sermon was based on Matthew 4:1-3.  This poem is based on the sermon at the beach:

Faced With Temptation
by Michael Romani

Jesus was led by the Spirit
To face the Devil's temptation
Still He would not hear it
Given the divine interpretation
That allowed Him to see
Through eyes beautiful and holy

It's a faith of the deeply practical
Kept within the lost yet sacramental
Jesus felt the hunger of fleshly need
Faced with sin's pull by human deeds
The Devil called out His Divinity
Placing doubt in His Father's theology

Shielded by the Fathers' very word
Facing off the evil, but, it never occurred
To use His Father's holy name in vain
Refusing to bow down to the unholy strain
Susceptible to all the Devil proffered
Standing fast against everything offered

Said in blind faith and quiet diffidence
There in blessed assurance and the confidence
In the power of faith given in God's word
Spoken in clarity that is never blurred
And there we place our faithful trust
Keeping the path because we know we must

(c) July 26, 2017 Michael Romani
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