

There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved
because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to be able to
take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to
take some of his wealth with him.

An angel heard his plea and appeared to him. "Sorry, but you can't take
your wealth with you."
The man begged the angel to speak to God to see if He might bend the
rules. The man continued to pray that his wealth could follow him.
The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow
him to take one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathered his
largest suitcase and filled it with pure gold bars and placed it beside
his bed.

Soon afterward, he died and showed up at the gates of heaven to greet
St. Peter.
St. Peter, seeing the suitcase, said, "Hold on, you can't bring that in
here!"
The man explained to St. Peter that he had permission and asked him to
verify his story with the Lord.

Sure enough, St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, "You're
right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I'm supposed to check its
contents before letting it through."
St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man
found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed,
"You brought
pavement?"

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The song "When We All Get to
Heaven" is on "Old Time Gospel" CD by Margi Harrell
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