Seeds of Light

Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies

         it remains a single grain.

         But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

 Those who love their life lose it,

         and those who hate their life in this world

         will keep it for eternal life.

                  —John 12. 24-25

Seeds of light,

we aren’t afraid

to go down into the darkness

of the despairing world,

for in the dark

is where the light

breaks forth

and rolls whole stones away.

Only the broken heart is holy.

Those who weep with them

who are veiled in black

are robed in white.

In the losing of all we cling to

is the granting of what can’t be taken.

In the giving of all that we are

we become.

Buried in that grave

we are no longer seeds

but only

light.

by Pastor Steve Holmes.

How have you felt buried in a grave?

How might you become free of that grave and risen as a seed of light?


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