The Haughty Infidel's Challenge

In the town of Hanover, in Germany, I am told that there is buried a German countess who denied the existence of God and ridiculed the idea of the resurrection. To show her contempt for Christianity she ordered that on her death her grave should be built of solid masonry and covered by large stones bound together by iron clamps. On this tomb was engraved her defiant challenge, that through eternity this tomb should never be disturbed. One day a seed from some tree, either blown by the wind or carried by a bird, became lodged in a small crevice of the tomb, where soon it sprouted and began to grow.

And then Nature, as if she mocked the haughty infidel, quietly extended the delicate roots of that seedling under the massive blocks of stone, and slowly raised them from their place. Although scarce four generations have passed since the tomb was sealed, that most insignificant seedling has done what God Himself was challenged to accomplish.