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\nGreed is certainly part of the human condition. Whether it shows up in small ways or large, we all know what it\u2019s like to struggle with the sin of gluttony. Ultimately, however, you can\u2019t take money with you when you die, so it\u2019s better to use your finances for good while you\u2019re here on earth. One man, however, didn\u2019t understand this concept. He had an odd request at his funeral but luckily his wife was able to outsmart him in the end!\n
Whether this story is true or not, it\u2019s gone viral on the internet. It\u2019s no wonder so many people wanted to share this hilarious and pointed story \u2013 now more than ever, it seems we need to be reminded that we can\u2019t take our money with us to the grave!\n
This story is about a modern-day Scrooge. He worked hard all his life and refused to spend his money on anything but what was necessary for himself to survive. He counted every penny to grow his savings. He even went so far as to express to his wife he wanted to be buried with his money because he loved it more than anything in the world.\n
Before he passed away, he said to his wife, \u201cListen up! When I die, I want you to put all of my hard-earned money into the casket with me before I\u2019m buried. Wherever I end up in the afterlife, I want to take my money with me. \u201d\n
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His wife, being the kindhearted woman she was, wanted to respect her husband\u2019s wishes. However, hearing her husband\u2019s most selfish request must have hurt her. Nevertheless, the man guilted his wife into promising him he would leave this life with his money in hand.\n
When the woman\u2019s husband eventually died, the decision to honor his request was difficult on multiple levels. Not only was it hard for her to realize her husband was so selfish, but the woman now lived on a fixed income. She could\u2019ve certainly used his money to help herself and those around her. But, the promise she made to her husband weighed heavy on her heart. This wise woman came up with a clever plan to make everyone happy!\n
The day of the funeral came, and the woman was in the front row being consoled by her best friend. At the end of the ceremony, the widow, dressed in black stood and said, \u201cWait a minute!\u201d\n
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Now came the moment of truth. Would she obey her husband\u2019s wishes? Her best friend watched in disbelief as the widow carried out her promise. The woman knew she couldn\u2019t live with the guilt of breaking the promise to her husband. She clutched a shoebox tightly in her hands and finally placed it in the casket with her husband\u2019s body right before it was taken away.\n Her friend had seen enough and needed to know what decision was made. She said to the woman, \u201cI hope I didn’t put any money in there with that selfish man!\u201d\n The loyal widow smiled and responded, \u201cYes, I promised him I would. I\u2019m a good Christian and I cannot tell a lie. I promised him that I would put that money in that casket with him.\u201d\n Horrified, the friend asked, \u201cYou actually put every cent of his money in the casket with him?\u201d\n \u201cI sure did,\u201d answered the widow. \u201cI got it all together, put it into my account, and I wrote him a check.\u201d\n Share this story if you have a good laugh!\n Source: faithhub\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Greed is certainly part of the human condition. Whether it shows up in small ways or large, we all know what it\u2019s like to struggle with the sin of gluttony. Ultimately, however, you can\u2019t take money with you when you die, so it\u2019s better to use your finances for good while you\u2019re here on earth. …\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":75544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[388,389],"class_list":["post-75543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-husband","tag-wife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75545,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75543\/revisions\/75545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"OLYMPUS](%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/boreddaddy.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2015%5C/07%5C/ecopod_being_lowered-600x450.jpg%5C%22 "\\"\\"")
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