A theme of my life lately has been the whole Jesus-paradox life and death thing. There’s at least one form of this statement in each of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John); here it is in John:
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. The one who loves his life loses it, and one who hates one’s life in this world will keep it to life eternal. If anyone serves me, he or she must follow me… (John 12:24-26a)
I think I’m supposed to take a next step into this actual truth. Not just a poetic Bible passage.
