Emphasis Preaching Journal
A seed planted in the...
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A seed planted in the ground "dies" to all intents and purposes. It gives up all the life that is imbedded in it so that something new and different can arise. What comes from the seed will not look at all like the seed that was planted. One could never even in one's wildest imaginations guess what the plant would look like after it had sprouted simply by looking at the seed. Only in its being planted will it give forth what lies imbedded within it, dying so that it may live.