| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: bough should sweep him to the ground, and he wished that he were
back in the lines again.
The grass began to get squashy, and Kala Nag's feet sucked and
squelched as he put them down, and the night mist at the bottom of
the valley chilled Little Toomai. There was a splash and a
trample, and the rush of running water, and Kala Nag strode
through the bed of a river, feeling his way at each step. Above
the noise of the water, as it swirled round the elephant's legs,
Little Toomai could hear more splashing and some trumpeting both
upstream and down--great grunts and angry snortings, and all the
mist about him seemed to be full of rolling, wavy shadows.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: ran to seize their horses. Michael leaped on his steed, and
galloped away. The two officers of the detachment urged
on their men to follow.
Michael heard a report, and felt a ball pass through his
tunic. Without turning his head, without replying, he
spurred on, and, clearing the brushwood with a tremendous
bound, he galloped at full speed toward the Obi.
The Usbecks' horses being unsaddled gave him a small
start, but in less than two minutes he heard the tramp of
several horses gradually gaining on him.
Day was now beginning to break, and objects at some
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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: reason have the false apostles to boast that the Gospel of Peter was mighty,
that he converted many, that he wrought great miracles, and that his very
shadow healed the sick? These reports are true enough. But where did Peter
acquire this power? God gave him the power. I have the same power. I received
my power, not from Peter, but from the same God, the same Spirit who was
mighty in Peter was mighty in me also." Luke corroborates Paul's statement in
the words: "And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul, so that
from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the
diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them." (Acts
19:11, 12.)
To conclude, Paul is not going to be inferior to the rest of the apostles.
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