The seeds of faith are sown in the human
personality and grow into the mature faith
of the Christian man or woman.
The sown seed must lose its life in order
that it may develop and grow and multiply.
So symbolically, a sheaf of wheat
is used by Christians to mark
the passing of a fellow Christian.
Death is not the end
but the beginning of life eternal.
The mature grain in the sheaf
is the direct symbol of the
Resurrection — the life beyond the grave,
the fulfillment of the promises of Jesus Christ.
