I wrote The Little Grain of Sand to teach children that the theory of evolution is untenable. It is impossible to defend if you logically look at the world around us. Look at its vast complexity, its need for a source of the information that is necessary for all life. You also see the need for a designer and engineer to create physical structures as well as information systems and laws that govern our universe. I believe, through research and logic, that the Bible is true. In the beginning, God created. So, in my story, the Little Grain of Sand represents humanity and the Glass-blower represents God. I hope you and your children enjoy my story.
The Little Grain of Sand – By David Lee Brown
Once upon a time, there was a little grain of sand. The little grain of sand came loose from a rock face of quartz and was washed down a river to the ocean. Finally, it washed up on shore with his little grain of sand friends and family.
It was a bright and curious little grain of sand and grew in knowledge throughout its life. The little grain of sand even went to Sandy Beach University, because it loved to learn and became smarter every day. It loved its life, lying in the sun on the beach, ebbing and flowing with the tides. The little grain of sand loved sharing what he had learned with others too.
The Little Gain of Sand is Scooped Up
One day the little grain of sand was high up on the beach and was scooped up with his friends and family and put in a bag. “What is this all about?” he thought. Oh well, he was with his friends and family, so he was content in his bag.
Days later, he heard another grain of sand talking about the great glass-blower. The little grain of sand was educated, so he was very doubtful that there really was a great glass-blower. Others said to him that the glass-blower seeks out grains of sand, purifies them, and then molds them into beautiful, useful things.
“What?” he thought. “How could this be?” In school, he learned that everything is created through natural changes, so why would a glass-blower even exist? It just didn’t make sense.
Well, time passed, and one day he and his friends and family were poured into a bucket. He was confused about this, but he had his friends and family around him, so he was content.
What is That?
One day he saw some friends gathered, having a discussion. They were talking and pointing at something above them. The little grain of sand went over to them and looked up. He saw a beautiful water pitcher with an elegantly curved handle, a graceful spout and swirls of color at its base in vibrant hues of purple, red, and blue.
His friends said, “Look at the glorious beauty of the pitcher that the glass-blower made.”
I Better Straighten them Out
The little grain of sand said, “Glass-blower? What are you talking about? I am very smart, and I know that everything comes about through evolution. There is no such thing as a glass-blower.”
His friends were curious and asked him to explain the theory he learned in school about everything, having developed slowly over billions of years.
After he shared his opinion, they asked, “Then where did the pitcher come from?”
The little grain of sand thought about the question and then said, “Over billions of years grains of sand fell into hot molten lava and melted into a lump of glass. As it cooled, the glass was separated from the molten rock. Then over billions of years wind, rain, snow, heat, cold, and vast amounts of time, the beautiful pitcher was formed and polished. That’s how the pitcher came into being, not some imaginary glass-blower.”
Since the little grain of sand had gone to school for many years and was very smart and educated, most of the other grains of sand agreed with his theory. But a few were still doubtful. The beautiful pitcher looked as if it were designed and created by someone with knowledge, skill, and expert craftsmanship. So, who was right? Both ideas seemed possible, but which one was right?
The Little Grain of Sand’s New Adventure
Several days later, the little grain of sand and many of his friends and family were scooped up and cast into a mold to be heated. They were grains of sand, so it didn’t hurt them. But as the heat melted them and purified them, they changed. They became molten glass, glowing bright orange in the extreme heat of the furnace.
Then something miraculous occurred. The glass-blower showed up! He lifted some of the molten glass on his glass-blowing pipe and began his work. The glass (including the little grain of sand) was purified, changed, and molded into a beautiful glass pitcher. Now the little grain of sand was part of something much bigger and better than itself. It was now useful, beautiful, pure, and exciting. Then the little gran of sand knew! There really is a glass-blower! And he can design and create beautiful things from simpler things. But it required the glass-blower’s knowledge and skill. The little grain of sand finally realized that sand could not become a beautiful and useful pitcher without the knowledge and ability of the master glass-blower. Sand, randomly moving within nature, could never become anything, and could never become the beautiful pitcher that the little grain of sand and his friends and family became.
The Little Grain of Sand Finally Knew the Truth
The little grains of sand are now part of something special, important, and useful, following the will of the master glass-blower. The master who molded them into the pure, clear, and beautiful creation that they had become.
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