| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: EZE 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the
heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I
have laid upon them.
EZE 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their
God from that day and forward.
EZE 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into
captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me,
therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their
enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
EZE 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their
transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vailima Prayers & Sabbath Morn by Robert Louis Stevenson: grant us courage to endure lesser ills unshaken, and to accept
death, loss, and disappointment as it were straws upon the tide of
life.
FOR THE FAMILY
AID us, if it be thy will, in our concerns. Have mercy on this
land and innocent people. Help them who this day contend in
disappointment with their frailties. Bless our family, bless our
forest house, bless our island helpers. Thou who hast made for us
this place of ease and hope, accept and inflame our gratitude; help
us to repay, in service one to another, the debt of thine unmerited
benefits and mercies, so that, when the period of our stewardship
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: Glossary is given, explaining the principal.
Alle wereld! - Gosh!
Aasvogels - Vultures.
Benauwdheid - Indigestion.
Brakje - A little cur of low degree.
Bultong - Dried meat.
Coop - Hide and Seek.
Inspan - To harness.
Kapje - A sun-bonnet.
Karoo - The wide sandy plains in some parts of South Africa.
Karoo-bushes - The bushes that take the place of grass on these plains.
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