How Much Cleaner?

An elderly lady sat reading her Bible as she did several times a day, when her grandson said, “Why do you waste so much time reading the Bible? You don’t remember what you read. Why don’t you quit?”

The old lady said nothing, but went outside, and returned with a bushel basket. “Here, son,” she said, “take this down to the creek and bring me a bushel of water.” It took persuading, but finally he went. Later, he returned. The basket was empty, of course. “Grandma, I tried; really I did, but the basket just won’t hold water. I dipped and dipped but it ran out as fast as I could fill it up.”

The grandma took the basket and examined it carefully.... Then she said kindly, “I know, my son, but look how much cleaner the basket is now!”

–via Bulletin Digest