A Grain of Wheat

[80 words]

Except a grain of wheat should die,
It remains alone, a single grain,
Except we put our Self to death,
We cannot our Lord’s harvest gain. 

He lived, He loved, Gave All for us,
So planted He His “Grain of Corn,”
For Him, for us the harvest comes,
For death has died and Life is born. 

Jesus urges us to follow,
To bear much fruit, which shall remain,
We need not suffer Calvary;
We only need to plant one grain.

Carlton Elkins