John 12:24-26 … To bear much Fruit (10/02/16)

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains but a single grain. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life will lose it, and those who discard their life will Live eternally … Whoever serves my Way, the Father honors.” ~ Jesus (John 12:24-26)

 

Though we, like every single grain of wheat, will most certainly one day die, it is our moral legacy with which we should be concerned – not our mere physical longevity. For it is a fleeting nothing to live well past 100 years and perish having done little for the children or the poor or the animals, and yet it is an eternal everything to die even at the tender age of twelve after have given our brief life fully to those in need.