| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Chronicles 4: 9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'
1_Chronicles 4: 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which he requested.
1_Chronicles 4: 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
1_Chronicles 4: 12 And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
1_Chronicles 4: 13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
1_Chronicles 4: 14 And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.
1_Chronicles 4: 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
1_Chronicles 4: 16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
1_Chronicles 4: 17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa--
1_Chronicles 4: 18 and his wife Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah--and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharao 
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Paradise Lost by John Milton: That all was lost. Back to the thicket slunk
The guilty Serpent; and well might;for Eve,
Intent now wholly on her taste, nought else
Regarded; such delight till then, as seemed,
In fruit she never tasted, whether true
Or fancied so, through expectation high
Of knowledge; not was Godhead from her thought.
Greedily she ingorged without restraint,
And knew not eating death: Satiate at length,
And hightened as with wine, jocund and boon,
Thus to herself she pleasingly began.
Paradise Lost |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: She says she left them in the hall;
He tugged the table cloth and broke
A fancy saucer and a cup;
Though Bud and I think it a joke
Ma scolds a lot about the pup.
The sofa pillows are a sight,
The rugs are looking somewhat frayed,
And there is ruin, left and right,
That little Boston bull has made.
He slept on Buddy's counterpane--
Ma found him there when she woke up.
Just Folks |
