How to bear rich harvest

Is the idea of self-denial fill you with anguish?  Think of a woman about to give birth.  The before and the after of the labor.

"Amen, amen I say to you: Unless a grain of wheat
falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single grain.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit." (John 12: 24 NABRE)

"He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more."
(John 15:2 NLT)

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