Showdown with Temptation

 

Surely that right thing we think hard to do

Is worth every effort of valor

Think of those others depending on you

…one foot, then the other will conquer

One bowl of pottage for lifetime of penance

Think of the price, little one

Action soon falls to the passage of moments

Consequence is not so soon gone

One hand an angel, the other the devil
Smooth are the laws of attraction
We all are soldiers thrown into battle
With every act comes reaction

Surely the right thing will yield in due season

Fruit that is worthy of joy

Cling to the faith that defies mortal reason

To do what is right, my dear boy

© Janet Martin

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Gen. 25:34