A woman who lost her husband several years ago developed a friendship with a man who had also lost his spouse. They seemed a perfect match. All their children agreed they should get married. So a date was set and invitations were sent out. The invitations read like this: “Phil, Richard, Karen, Allison, John, Matt and Steve request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their mother and father. Because they are combining two households, they already have at least two of everything. So please, no presents!  Reception and garage sale immediately following the ceremony.” (1)

We do accumulate a lot of stuff nowadays, don’t we? What will happen to all that stuff when we die?

Jesus was teaching one day and someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide our father’s…