February 28, 1999

How did you do it

when loneliness cried for fulfillment 

how did you resist the evil

for your Father’s greater good

How did you do it

when anger threatened, unjust, to break

how did you hold back your words

for your Father’s higher love

How did you do it

hungry, thirsty, alone and tried

how did you resist such tempting

to serve your Father’s purer cause

How did you do it

when facing night or blazing dawn

how did you voice unutterable praise

from merely human lips

How did you do it

alone, facing death, in highest agony

how did you bear my endless sin

that I could be forgiv’n

The Bible tells me that He experienced all

the temptations that I experience, and won!