Dirty Work

It was a warm day, and Dad had just finished digging up the garden plot so he and Violet and Griffin could plant sweet corn. "Hey, look!" exclaimed Violet, bending over a corner of the plot. "An earthworm! We learned about earthworms at school. They eat dirt." She picked it up and waved it under her brother's nose. "Doesn't that sound yummy, Griffin?"

"Ew, gross!" Griffin batted at the worm in front of his face. "Cut it out!"

"Okay, you guys," said Dad. "That's enough of that. But you're right, Violet, in a way, earthworms do eat dirt. As they move through the soil, it passes through their bodies and gives them nourishment, and the quality of the soil is also improved. Millions of acres of the earth's topsoil are loosened in this way, allowing all kinds of good things to grow. As Christians, we can learn a lot from earthworms."

Violet gave her dad a puzzled look. "What do earthworms have to do with Christians?"

"Well," said Dad, "since they live underground, we don't see earthwor