Beautiful Temptations

"The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little" ~ Thomas Merton

What would be of the world without temptations?
Temptations that can test and direct the soul of men
A test of allurement at our highs and at our lows,
To show us where we stand
An attractiveness in which we could never understand

If temptation had a voice to express it's plans would we comprehend
Allow it to up lift us or lead us into sin
Would it show us our truest desire or what we truly admire
Such admiration and desire that warms us as a winters fire

As we fall for such beautiful temptations, it can't all be sin?
Could the juices of a fruit drip from a woman's mouth
Hit the earth and nourish all temptation for a life times to come
Temptation that could weigh heave on the soul as an added sum

Sums of such beautiful temptations for all men, women and child a like
A man's temptation of dancing with Jezebel in her red silk dress
Dancing from the twilight of the night to the point,
That the moon's pale dim light is the only thing that shines purity
His temptation make him weak but yet...
Strong enough to idolize her false idolatry and disposition

A women's temptation for wanting to fulfill her mission
Mission to a man she gave her sanity to that neglects her love
Her temptation to want to bring peace, healing and clarity to a man
When she herself is lost without any clarity

A child's temptation of wanting to belong to a place outside the home
Belong to a people that they can share their gifts with in all purity
Until the child grows weak and temptation start to creep
Of their friends bad habits that becomes their own addiction

But...
Even in the purity of a man's own mind he will never look down on her(Jezebel)
Even on a women's clearest of days she wont let her mind of reason,
Speak for her emotion lost in her temptations of devotion
Even a child with the strongest mind falls into temptation,
Because their temptations are stronger than the ability to see into their own future.

Such a beauty our temptations are!

But what is temptation with a little self-discipline
A discipline that allows support to our highest desire
Desire for love, peace, clarity and passion with no fiery end
That out weighs our lowest desire that can..
Leads us away from the right temptation.

Temptation of love that comes from a mothers heart to a son
Temptation of a firm push from a father's hand to push a daughter into the right direction
Temptation of a man wanting to care for a woman
Temptation of a woman wanting to fall in love with a man pure in his own mind
Temptation of a child wanting to show their love ones, people, society the world it's not hopeless
Temptation of two different young lover's worlds colliding to unmatched passion
Temptation that allows them to share their lives and common grown together for ever.

Oh how Beautiful Temptations can be!

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it." ~Corinthians 10:13