In Cuba last week, I shared an old sermon illustration about how to keep crabs in a bucket. They say that if you put one crab in a bucket, you’d better have a good lid, because the crab can easily climb out. If you place two crabs in a bucket, however, there’s no need for a lid. When starts to climb out, the other one will pull him back down.

Contrast that with ants. They will pile themselves one upon the other to allow the colony to reach a higher place. When flooding comes, they roll into a ball, a mass of ants that floats on the water. Some of the ants will drown, but the colony survives.

I know which one I think I should be as a Christian.