| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: JER 49:31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth
without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which
dwell alone.
JER 49:32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the
utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof,
saith the LORD.
JER 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation
for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in
it.
JER 49:34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: Nor wait till in the exhausted cup
Life's dull dregs only lie.
Then Love thus crowned with sweet reward,
Hope blest with fulness large,
I'd mount the saddle, draw the sword,
And perish in the charge!
PREFERENCE.
Not in scorn do I reprove thee,
Not in pride thy vows I waive,
But, believe, I could not love thee,
Wert thou prince, and I a slave.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: justified.
I have never made the value of this salted almond by anything
that
the courts would not uphold, at least in the long run, and
yet--or wouldn't
it be truer to say and therefore?--my affairs have been
wonderfully prospered. There's a great deal in that text
'Honesty is
the best'--but no, that's not from the Bible, after all, is it?
Wait a moment; there is something of that kind, I know."
"May I light a cigar, father," said Harold, turning away to hide
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