The Heedless Congregation

A preacher, trying to get a point across to his heedless congregation was nearly at wit's end, when he came up with this "illustration."

Say we have a table, and upon this table are 4 jars. In jar #1 there is alcohol. Jar #2 is full of smoke. Jar#3 contains chocolate. The last jar contains good, clean soil. Into each of these jars we drop a worm. The worm in jar #1 dies, ditto the worms in jars #2 and #3, yet the worm in jar #4 lives a healthy life. "What, asks the preacher, does this say to each of you?"

For the longest time, there was no response.

Then finally, a little old lady in the back pew stood and replied, "What it says to me is, if you drink, smoke, and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!!!!"