| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Middlemarch by George Eliot: about three o'clock of the same day on which he had received Lydgate
there, when the clerk entered to say that his horse was waiting,
and also that Mr. Garth was outside and begged to speak with him.
"By all means," said Bulstrode; and Caleb entered. "Pray sit down,
Mr. Garth," continued the banker, in his suavest tone.
"I am glad that you arrived just in time to find me here.
I know you count your minutes."
"Oh," said Caleb, gently, with a slow swing of his head on one side,
as he seated himself and laid his hat on the floor.
He looked at the ground, leaning forward and letting his long fingers
droop between his legs, while each finger moved in succession,
Middlemarch |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: Say, 'Ye shall not be asked about what we have sent, nor shall we be
asked about what ye do.
'Our Lord shall assemble us together; then He shall open between
us in truth, for He is the opener who knows.'
Say, 'Show me those whom ye have added to Him as partners; not so!
nay, but He is God, the mighty, the wise!'
We have only sent thee to men generally as a herald of glad
tidings and a warner; but most men do not know.
And they say, 'When shall this promise be, if ye do speak the
truth?' say, 'For you is the appointment of a day of which ye shall
not keep back an hour, nor shall ye bring it on!'
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: teacher. All the same, teachers are indispensable, otherwise the children
would grow up without discipline, instruction, and training.
But how long are the scolding and the whippings of the schoolmaster to
continue? Only for a time, until the boy has been trained to be a worthy
heir of his father. No father wants his son to be whipped all the time. The
discipline is to last until the boy has been trained to be his father's worthy
successor.
The Law is such a schoolmaster. Not for always, but until we have been
brought to Christ. The Law is not just another schoolmaster. The Law is a
specialist to bring us to Christ. What would you think of a schoolmaster
who could only torment and beat a child? Yet of such schoolmasters there
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