{"id":6000,"date":"2015-03-02T07:41:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T07:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:09:20","slug":"no-soft-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/no-soft-option\/","title":{"rendered":"No Soft Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus said,\u201d<em>Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies it produces many seeds.<\/em>\u201d He said this a few days before he died. Crucifixion was no soft option. Nor does he offer us an easy path.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus challenges us to complete commitment to follow him and serve the poor, the sick, the downtrodden and those in prison. 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