An Uncle Tries to Buy Salvation

A little girl once wrote a letter to an advice column in the Newspaper. In it, she tells a story about her uncle and aunt. “My uncle was the tightest man I ever met.” She said. “All his life, every time he earned a paycheck, he took $20 out and tucked it under his mattress. He did this for years and years. Then, he got very sick.

As he lay on his deathbed, he called his wife over and said, ‘I want you to promise me one thing. Promise that, when I die, you’ll take all the money under my mattress and put it in the casket. I want to be sure I have enough to pay God so I can go to…