"...life is lived out in the matrix of time, in a succession of moments. And therefore, living is marked by inconstancy of feelings, feelings that would threaten to pull asunder by centrifugal force if not brought into submission to a higher rule...the tempted woman "sues for grace" (as the Puritan used to say), until the impulses threatening her very soul abate...Where feelings were fickle tyrants, covenant is a gentle yoke and dependable master, leading her to safe harbors...because life is not tidy, we hold each other's feet to the covenant. It tides us over the thin patches of feelings, till the day we all come to full sight."
Andree Seu
Won't Let You Go Unless You Bless Me pp.78-79
