Fruit

   Healthy things make healthy things. Fruit bears after itself. The seed of an apple has the ability to produce another entire apple tree. The seeds of a pumpkin can easily produce another healthy pumpkin to add to a beautiful pumpkin patch.
   As Christians it is true that we are called to share the Gospel and the Love of Christ to those who have not accepted Jesus as the Lord of their life. As Jesus came to seek and to save what was lost. So lets think of another aspect.
   If fruit produces itself, then is it not important that we continually help to grow and to nourish ourselves and other Christians so that when we do produce (sharing the Gospel with those who do not yet belong to Christ), we produce others that go out to follow Christ for themselves healthily.
   Basically what I am saying is, we want to be at the point where we can produce others who want to seek Christ for themselves, learning to love and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. But the only way that we can reproduce that, is to be at that point where we are genuinely seeking ourselves. So remember, healthy fruit reproduces after itself.