The seeds of faith are sown 

in the human personality

and grow into 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.