"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit." (John 12: 24).
Every farmer understands that new life comes out of the old. But the old must die to give way to the new.
"And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” (John 12: 32).
Jesus Christ died on the cross making it a source of new life.
"It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world." (John 16: 21).
The joy of bringing a new life physical or spiritual into the world is unbelievable.
So, do not be afraid of the process. Be afraid of rejecting the cross.
St Francis de Sales writes: "The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity, the cross He now presents to you from His innermost heart. This cross He now sends you He has considered with His all-knowing eyes, understood with His divine mind, tested with His wise justice, warmed with loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it is not one ounce too heavy for you."
Your cross is tailor made for you.
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