| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: would perhaps go irretrievably to pieces in any mishap
to my first command.
I could not stop a moment longer in the room. I motioned him to get out
of sight and made my way on the poop. That unplayful cub had the watch.
I walked up and down for a while thinking things out, then beckoned him over.
"Send a couple of hands to open the two quarter-deck ports,"
I said, mildly.
He actually had the impudence, or else so forgot himself in his wonder
at such an incomprehensible order, as to repeat:
"Open the quarter-deck ports! What for, sir?"
"The only reason you need concern yourself about is because I tell you
The Secret Sharer |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: And for thy Lord await!
And when the trump is blown,-for that day is a difficult day! for
the misbelievers aught but easy!
Leave me alone with him I have created, and for whom I have made
extensive wealth, and sons that he may look upon, and for whom I
have smoothed things down. Then he desires that I should increase!
nay, verily, he is hostile to our signs! I will drive him up a hill!
Then he reflected and planned! May he be killed,-how he planned!
Again, may he be killed,-how he planned! Then he looked; then he
frowned and scowled; then he retreated and was big with pride and
said, 'This is only magic exhibited! this is only mortal speech!'- I
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: How were they to escape? Moses did not know what to say. How then could
God say that Moses was crying to Him? God heard the groaning heart of Moses
and the groans to Him sounded like loud shouts for help. God is quick to catch
the sigh of the heart.
Some have claimed that the saints are without infirmities. But Paul says:
"The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, and maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered." We need the help of the Holy Spirit
because we are weak and infirm. And the Holy Spirit never disappoints us.
Confronted by the armies of Pharaoh, retreat cut off by the waters of the Red
Sea, Moses was in a bad spot. He felt himself to blame. The devil accused him:
"These people will all perish, for they cannot escape. And you are to blame
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