Analysis of Maturate Trials



You are never tempted by God,
He tempts no one using evil;
Your own desires make you flawed,
Through temptation by the devil.

Each person is tempted when lured,
Being enticed by desire;
Weakness that cannot be endured,
By a lust that you acquire.

Desire conceived bears a sin,
When fully grown will bring forth death;
Because of lacking discipline,
Evil will come with every breath.

Let yourself never be deceived,
All perfect gifts are from above;
Through your faith that you have received,
His mercy will flow with His love.

It comes from the Father of lights,
Not varied or shadow is cast;
Keeping the Lord within your sights,
Salvation will forever last.

He brought us through the Word of Truth,
And should be a kind of firstfruits;
As taught by them since our youth,
Firmly planted in our roots.

Copyright ©2023 Richard Newton Sherrer


Scheme XAXA BCBC XDXD EFEF GHGH IGIX C
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101011 11111010 11010111 10101010 11011011 10011010 10110101 10111010 01001101 11011111 01110100 101111001 10110101 10111101 11111101 11011111 11101011 1101111 10010111 01010101 11110111 0110111 11111101 10100101 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 846
Words 176
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Testing of Your Faith James 1:13-18

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Written on April 08, 2023

Submitted by sir_ricky on April 07, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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