The Lord used parables.

And it summarizes

Why He said

Our lives are comparable,

To fruit trees.

Because a fruit tree,

Doesn't ever eat

Its own fruit.

And a lowly fruit tree,

Never seeks to feed

Its own root.

Nor does it ever try

To multiply,

Or bear more fruit,

Just so it can satisfy

Its branches.

Instead,

A fruit tree,

Always seeks to feed

The needs of others first.

And a faithful fruit tree,

Always tries to satisfy

The lives of those around it first,

Even if there's

Very little fruit,

Growing on its branches.

So can we really

Claim to be a fruit tree?

Or can we truly

Say we aim

To be a fruit tree?

If our happiness depends,

Upon the quantity of fruit,

Hanging on our branches?

In the Sermon

On the Mount,

The Savior said

Something else

That applies here.

For when He wanted

Those who heard Him,

To know the way

They'd heard it all their life,

Wasn't so,

He started out by saying

Something similar,

To the words we see below.

"You have heard it said of old,"

He said,

And then,

He reiterated

What they always said.Matthew 5:21-22