A story that changed everything
A woman arrived at the church weeping, some time after burying her mother. She recounted how her mother appeared to her in dreams, restless, pointing to her neck and chest, as if something weighed her down or choked her. The daughter didn’t understand what it meant… until she remembered what she had done on the day of the funeral.
Out of love, she placed a large gold necklace, one her mother adored, on her coffin. And also, a wad of cash, thinking: “so she won’t lack anything there… in case she has to pay for something.”
The intention was “good.” But the gesture revealed a dangerous belief: that salvation works like the world here, with payments, objects, and guarantees.
That’s the point:
when we say goodbye to someone, we don’t help them “take things with them”… we help them let go.
What NOT to put in the coffin (and why)
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