| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poems of William Blake by William Blake: The Cloud reclind upon his airy throne and answerd thus.
Then if thou art the food of worms, O virgin of the skies,
How great thy use, how great thy blessing, every thing that lives.
Lives not alone nor or itself: fear not and I will call,
The weak worm from its lowly bed, and thou shalt hear its voice.
Come forth worm and the silent valley, to thy pensive queen.
The helpless worm arose and sat upon the Lillys leaf,
And the bright Cloud saild on, to find his partner in the vale.
III.
Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed.
Art thou a Worm? image of weakness. art thou but a Worm?
Poems of William Blake |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: claim that they also possess this liberty. But they do not. When they are
put to the test all their self-confidence slips from them. What else can they
expect when they trust in works and not in the Word of God?
Our liberty is founded on Christ Himself, who sits at the right hand of God
and intercedes for us. Therefore our liberty is sure and valid as long as we
believe in Christ. As long as we cling to Him with a steadfast faith we
possess His priceless gifts. But if we are careless and indifferent we shall
lose them. It is not without good reason that Paul urges us to watch and to
stand fast. He knew that the devil delights in taking this liberty away from
us.
VERSE 1. And be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: "But," she continued, "if you can't help talking that
way--sometimes--I promise I will listen. That is the only promise
I make."
"That is a bargain," he said.
Then he helped her mount her horse, restraining himself like a
Spartan, and they rode home to her cabin.
"You have made it pretty near impossible," he said, as he took
his leave. "But you've been square to-day, and I'll show you I
can be square when I come back. I'll not do more than ask you if
your mind's the same. And now I'll not see you for quite a while.
I am going a long way. But I'll be very busy. And bein' busy
The Virginian |
