| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: preach to the Jews, while Peter preached to the Gentiles also? Peter
converted the Centurion. Paul's custom was to enter into the synagogues of
the Jews, there to preach the Gospel. Why then should he call himself the
apostle of the Gentiles, while he calls Peter the apostle of the
circumcision?
Paul refers to the fact that the other apostles remained in Jerusalem until
the destruction of the city became imminent. But Paul was especially called
the apostle of the Gentiles. Even before the destruction of Jerusalem Jews
dwelt here and there in the cities of the Gentiles. Coming to a city, Paul
customarily entered the synagogues of the Jews and first brought to them as
the children of the kingdom, the glad tidings that the promises made unto the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: legs are now bound. The flow slackens, the silk comes only in thin
sheets. Fortunately, the business is done. The prey is invisible
under the thick shroud.
The Spider retires without giving a bite. To master the terrible
quarry, she has spent the whole reserves of her spinning-mill,
enough to weave many good-sized webs. With this heap of shackles,
further precautions are superfluous.
After a short rest in the centre of the net, she comes down to
dinner. Slight incisions are made in different parts of the prize,
now here, now there; and the Spider puts her mouth to each and
sucks the blood of her prey. The meal is long protracted, so rich
The Life of the Spider |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: But one day their mother--Mrs.
Tabitha Twitchit--expected friends to
tea; so she fetched the kittens indoors,
to wash and dress them, before the
fine company arrived.
First she scrubbed their faces (this
one is Moppet).
Then she brushed their fur (this
one is Mittens).
Then she combed their tails and
whiskers (this is Tom Kitten).
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