{"query": "A parable — Fear future", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_47bb4f1e56b0", "title": "A parable — Fear future", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man walked toward a forest and saw, miles ahead, that the trees were dark. He carried for hours the weight of what he would find there — until the path turned, and the forest was not on his road at "}, {"id": "card_src_word_future", "title": "future", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future: (noun) the time yet to come — syn: hereafter, futurity, time to come · (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future — syn: future tense · (noun) bulk commodities bought o"}, {"id": "card_n_04502b1ebf95", "title": "A parable — Fear failure", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A servant was given one talent and feared losing it, so he buried it in the ground. When the master returned, the talent was safe — exactly as it had been given. The master called him wicked, not for "}, {"id": "card_src_book_19082", "title": "The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life — William Rounseville Alger", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, by William Rounseville Alger. Subjects: Future life -- Christianity -- History of doctrines; Future life -- Christianity -"}, {"id": "card_n_5cc788344ecd", "title": "A parable — Fear death", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man feared the sea his whole life, for he could not see the bottom. One day a child waded out, laughed, and waded back. The depth had not changed. Only the child trusted the One who made the water.\n"}, {"id": "card_n_653e4ac3ff00", "title": "A parable — Fear of god", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A young man asked an elder, 'Where does wisdom begin?' The elder said, 'At the door of the only one larger than your question.' The young man went to that door and knelt. He did not ask first; he wait"}, {"id": "card_src_word_future_tense", "title": "future tense", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future tense: (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future — syn: future"}, {"id": "card_n_bb89dbd4d157", "title": "A parable — Water anomaly", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "In the deep of winter the lake froze. The fish below thought all was lost. But the water near the bed grew warmer than the ice above, for the maker had made water unlike all other things — densest jus"}, {"id": "card_n_c89b1dca1f02", "title": "A parable — Sabbath", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Six days the Maker made the earth, and on the seventh he rested — not because he was tired, but because rest was the seal he set in time. Those who do not rest are not earning more; they are denying t"}, {"id": "card_n_1e4b38fc12d4", "title": "A parable — Hope false", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The prophet wrote: I know the plans I have for you, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. The exiles took this to mean tomorrow. It was meant for seventy years later. Th"}, {"id": "card_n_d020834a87f2", "title": "A parable — Temptation", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man. The new temptation you fear is not new — only newly aimed at you. With the temptation, the same road has a door. The door is sometimes "}, {"id": "card_src_word_future_perfect", "title": "future perfect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future perfect: (noun) a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future — syn: future perfect tense"}, {"id": "card_src_word_oil_future", "title": "oil future", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "oil future: (noun) petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date — syn: petroleum future"}, {"id": "card_src_word_petroleum_future", "title": "petroleum future", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "petroleum future: (noun) petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date — syn: oil future"}, {"id": "card_src_word_future_progressive", "title": "future progressive", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future progressive: (noun) a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future — syn: future progressive tense"}, {"id": "card_src_word_future_perfect_tense", "title": "future perfect tense", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future perfect tense: (noun) a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future — syn: future perfect"}, {"id": "card_src_word_future_progressive_tense", "title": "future progressive tense", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "future progressive tense: (noun) a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future — syn: future progressive"}, {"id": "card_n_90ab16a347bd", "title": "A parable — Suffering grief", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "When his friend died, the Lord did not say, 'do not mourn, for I will raise him.' He wept first. He raised him afterward. The tears were not a failure of faith — they were faith making room for love.\n"}, {"id": "card_n_effe4bf87816", "title": "A parable — Envy", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A man kept a ledger of his neighbor's blessings. The ledger grew thick. His neighbor's house, his neighbor's wife, his neighbor's ox, his neighbor's days. He carried the ledger everywhere. He could no"}, {"id": "card_n_7fc1166cbd90", "title": "A parable — Suffering betrayal", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The psalmist wrote: it was not an enemy who reproached me — I could have borne that. It was you, my equal, my companion. The wound from a friend's hand goes deeper than the sword's, because the friend"}]}