A SEED FALLS TO THE GROUND

I live and work on a dairy farm in Northern Wisconsin, and fall is a busy time for us.  that is when  we are chopping corn for corn silage for the dairy cattle. One day, as I was driving the truck through the field, the Lord brought to mind His words in John 12:23-27 “Unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone, but if it dies, it will produce much fruit”

He asked me, “what happens to a dry, ripe seed when it falls to the ground?” I answered that the first thing is it gets soft. Then it hit me…..That’s what the Lord does for us in our lives….not only in the sense of what Our Lord was talking about in John 12, but there is more detail. The seed is our being—our mind, heart, and spirit—-all…