Contributed by Joy Sours

A jealous, wealthy man didn't want anyone else to inherit his money. He kept it all in gold bars under his bed. As he aged, he wondered whether he could take his money to heaven. One night he prayed, asking God if he could take a suitcase of gold to heaven. He heard God say, "All right, you can do it." The man went happily to sleep.

That night, he passed away and went to heaven's pearly gates. The apostle Peter appeared and said, "Customs check." He opened up the wealthy man's suitcase and looked at its contents. Then he looked at the wealthy man and said, "You brought pavement?"

It wasn't until then that the wealthy man remembered Revelation 21:21: "The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass."