| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: violent wind; the bleachers lost all semblance of
anything. Frenzied, flinging action--wild chaos
--shrieking cries--manifested sheer insanity of
joy.
When the noise subsided, one fan, evidently
a little longer-winded than his comrades, cried out
hysterically:
``O-h! I don't care what becomes of me--
now-w!''
Score tied, three to three, game must go ten
innings--that was the shibboleth; that was the
The Redheaded Outfield |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
The Gift of the Magi |
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: and re-affirm this fact. His usefulness to all the churches that had used
him as their pastor and teacher was at stake.
VERSE 20. Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God,
I lie not.
Was it necessary for Paul to go under oath? Yes. Paul is reporting
personal history. How else would the churches believe him? The false
apostles might say, "Who knows whether Paul is telling the truth?" Paul,
the elect vessel of God, was held in so little esteem by his own Galatians
to whom he had preached Christ that it was necessary for him to swear an
oath that he spoke the truth. If this happened to Paul, what business have
we to complain when people doubt our words, or hold us in little regard,
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