Ada seorang pria yang telah bekerja keras sepanjang hidupnya, telah menyimpan dan menabung semua uangnya, dan sangat pelit dalam urusan uang. Tepat sebelum ia meninggal, ia berpesan kepada isterinya, "Kalau aku mati, aku ingin agar engkau mengambil semua uangku dan menaruhnya di dalam peti mati bersamaku. Aku ingin membawa semua uangku sampai di akhirat bersamaku."
Dan oleh karena itu ia mendesak isterinya untuk berjanji kepadanya dengan segenap hati bahwa kalau ia meninggal, ia harus menaruh semua uangnya di peti mati bersamanya. Nah, ia kemudian meninggal.
Ia terbaring di peti mati, isterinya duduk dalam pakaian duka, dan teman-temannya duduk disana juga. Ketika mereka semua menyelesaikan upacara keagamaan, sebelum mereka menutup peti mati, sang isteri berseru, “Tunggu sebentar!” Ia membawa sebuah kotak dan menaruhnya di dalam peti mati itu. Kemudian para petugas menutup peti mati itu, dan mereka mengantarnya ke pemakaman.
Temannya berkata, “Aku tahu engkau tidak bodoh menaruh semua uang suamimu di dalam peti mati itu.” Isteri yang setia itu menjawab, “Dengarkan, aku seorang Kristen. Aku tidak dapat mengingkari janjiku bahwa aku akan menaruh semua uangnya di dalam peti mati bersama suamiku.” “Maksudmu, engkau sudah menaruh semua uang itu di dalam peti mati?” “Sudah,” kata sang isteri, "Aku sudah memasukkan semua uangnya di rekening bank atas namaku dan aku memberi suamiku selembar cheque. Kalau ia dapat menguangkannya, ia dapat memakai seluruh uang itu, sehingga ia menikmati uang itu di sorga sana.” Diterjemahkan oleh Hadi Kristadi untuk Pentas Kesaksian (http://pentas-kesaksian.blogspot.com) - Mohon agar bagian ini tidak dihapus ketika anda memforward kepada teman-teman lain.
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A Loyal and Intelligent Wife
There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money. Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him.
Well, he died.
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait just a minute!" She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away.
Her friend said, "I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there with your husband." The loyal wife replied "Listen, I'm a Christian; I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him." "You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!!!!?" "I surely did" said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a cheque. If he can cash it, he can spend it. Then he is safe in heaven"
Diposting oleh Hadi Kristadi untuk PENTAS KESAKSIAN
http://pentas-kesaksian.blogspot.com