Death - harvest time of the
spirit
On an autumn day I took up a handful of grain and let it slip slowly through
my fingers. At harvest time the essence is revealed. The straw and the chaff
are set aside. They have done their job. The grain alone matters - sacks of
pure gold
So it is when a person dies. The essence of that person is revealed. At the
moment of death a person's character stands out. Happy for the person if he
has forged it well over the years.
Then it will not be the great achievements that will matter; not how much
money or possessions a person has amassed. These, like the straw and the
chaff, will be left behind. It is what he has made of himself that will
matter.
Death can take away from us what we have, but it cannot rob us of what we
are. We are children of our Heavenly Father, and coheirs with Jesus to the
Kingdom of heaven. |
