The Flower Fadeth but the Fruit Remains
AnalogyObject Lesson★★★★The flower fadeth, but the seed and the fruit remain; and this teaches us there is nothing to sadden us in the process of decay in nature and vegetation. This is preliminary to a higher growth. Our present life, with all its activities and enjoyments, is but the flower-form of a being whose fruit-form is found in an after and higher life, and decay and death are no more than the falling of petals from the well-set fruit. Human life and flower-life are alike mainly in this. Both are stages of progress. The fruit, not the flower, is perfection. This world is not all; there is a world beyond.
The point
Decay in nature is not sad but progress toward perfection; earthly life is the flower stage of being, with eternal life as the fruit.
Scripture
1 Corinthians 15:42-44Philippians 1:21
Audience
Adults
Tone
Comforting · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 109 words