| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther: in whom it believes, inasmuch as it holds Him to be truthful and
worthy of belief. For there is no honour like that reputation of
truth and righteousness with which we honour Him in whom we
believe. What higher credit can we attribute to any one than
truth and righteousness, and absolute goodness? On the other
hand, it is the greatest insult to brand any one with the
reputation of falsehood and unrighteousness, or to suspect him of
these, as we do when we disbelieve him.
Thus the soul, in firmly believing the promises of God, holds Him
to be true and righteous; and it can attribute to God no higher
glory than the credit of being so. The highest worship of God is
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: My head is still stupefied with the vivid reality of my dream.
My uncle has had no dreams, but he is out of temper. He examines the
horizon all round with his glass, and folds his arms with the air of
an injured man.
I remark that Professor Liedenbrock has a tendency to relapse into an
impatient mood, and I make a note of it in my log. All my danger and
sufferings were needed to strike a spark of human. feeling out of
him; but now that I am well his nature has resumed its sway. And yet,
what cause was there for anger? Is not the voyage prospering as
favourably as possible under the circumstances? Is not the raft
spinning along with marvellous speed?
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: he did not seem surprised at what he found. "Now the girl," the old
man continued; so the lover also felt of his girlfriend's arm, in the
same way. "And now," the man said, "tell me what you have learned."
"I'm not sure," the young man began. "The statue is hard and cold;
the girl is warm and soft. Her flesh yields when I press; the marble
does not."
"You have learned well," concluded the philosopher, "and if each of
you remembers and lives by these truths, you will have a happy
life together."
How Sir Philo Married a Beautiful Princess
Instead of the Woman He Loved
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