| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Chronicles 7: 8 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of Egypt.
2_Chronicles 7: 9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
2_Chronicles 7: 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
2_Chronicles 7: 11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
2_Chronicles 7: 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice.
2_Chronicles 7: 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people;
2_Chronicles 7: 14 if My people, upon whom My name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2_Chronicles 7: 15 Now Mine eyes shall be open, and Mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: of the night-piece.
The Surrey shore was a broken wall of blackness, patched with
lights about which moved hazy suggestions of human activity.
The bank we were following offered a prospect even more gloomy--
a dense, dark mass, amid which, sometimes, mysterious half-tones
told of a dock gate, or sudden high lights leapt flaring
to the eye.
Then, out of the mystery ahead, a green light grew and crept down upon us.
A giant shape loomed up, and frowned crushingly upon the little craft.
A blaze of light, the jangle of a bell, and it was past. We were dancing
in the wash of one of the Scotch steamers, and the murk had fallen again.
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: telling the absolute truth, and not one of you believes me!
"After a bit the man in lower nine got up and walked along the
aisle toward the smoking compartment. I heard him go, and, leaning
from my berth, watched him out of sight.
"It was then I got the idea of changing berths with him, getting
into his clothes, and leaving the train. I give you my word I had
no idea of throwing suspicion on him."
Alison looked scornfully incredulous, but I felt that the man was
telling the truth.
"I changed the numbers of the berths, and it worked well. I got
into the other man's berth, and he came back to mine. The rest was
The Man in Lower Ten |
