What kind of a God is it who asks everything of us?

via Living by Dying — Dark Side of the Moon

John 12:24-25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone: but if it dies, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.