| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: MAR 12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him
also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
MAR 12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir;
come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.
MAR 12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the
vineyard.
MAR 12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come
and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
MAR 12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the
builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
MAR 12:11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An Episode Under the Terror by Honore de Balzac: instead, as though to blot out the poverty of the garret, "We are
about to enter the Sanctuary of God!"
These words, uttered with thrilling earnestness, struck reverent awe
into the nuns and the stranger. Under the vaulted roof of St. Peter's
at Rome, God would not have revealed Himself in greater majesty than
here for the eyes of the Christians in that poor refuge; so true is it
that all intermediaries between God and the soul of man are
superfluous, and all the grandeur of God proceeds from Himself alone.
The stranger's fervor was sincere. One emotion blended the prayers of
the four servants of God and the King in a single supplication. The
holy words rang like the music of heaven through the silence. At one
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic: God was about to end my sufferings on earth, and I am willing to
go."
"O, no, mother! It cannot be!" exclaimed Katy, gazing earnestly,
through her tearful eyes, upon the pale but flushed cheek of the
patient sufferer.
"I only wish to prepare you for the worst. I may get well; and
for your sake, I have prayed that I may. And, Katy, I have never
before felt prepared to leave this world, full of trial and
sorrow as it has been for me. Whatever of woe, and want, and
disappointment it has been my lot to confront, has been a
blessing in disguise. I feel like a new creature. I feel
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