Devotional for Thursday, July 26th

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I Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. I have several friends and family members who send me jokes and cute stories through my e-mail. Today, I got one that made me almost fall out of my chair laughing. There was a man who worked all of his life and saved his money. He loved his money more than just about anything, and was a tightwad about spending any of it. Just before he died, he said to his wife. "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money with me." So he got his wife to promise him with all her heart, that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him. The man eventually died and on the day of his funeral, the wife was sitting there next to her closest friend. When they finished the funeral, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said "Wait a minute" She had a shoe box with her, and placed it in the casket. "I hope that you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket" said her friend. "Yes, I did" the wife replied. "I can't lie and I did promise him." "You mean you put every cent of that money in the casket?" asked the friend. "I sure did. I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check" As I sit here, still giggling, I can't help but think about the poor husband who had put so much stock in his money. His values were on the things of the earth and he made no mention of the things of heaven. Where are your treasures? Are they like the husband's and built up here on earth...or have you placed your faith in Jesus Christ and built your storehouses up in heaven?