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Pastor John Ortberg, who wrote
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God Is Closer Than You Think
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, tells of a relative
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of hisΓÇöa young woman and her husbandΓÇöwho bought an older home a few
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years ago and were fixing it up.
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The husband was going through the attic during one of those fix-up days and
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found an old paper bag. Knowing it wasnΓÇÖt something they had put thereΓÇöand
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out of curiosityΓÇöhe decided to look inside. There was money in the bag. In fact,
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it turned out to be thousands and thousands of dollars!
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They looked at the dates on the bills and they were all from many decades
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agoΓÇöthat bag had been up there for ages. There was no way to track who put it
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there firstΓÇöif it was a miserΓÇÖs savings or left over from some bank heist.
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The husband said, ΓÇ£What are ethics of thisΓÇöwhat do we do with it?ΓÇ¥
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JohnΓÇÖs relative replied, ΓÇ£Maybe we should call John.ΓÇ¥
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The husband paused for a moment and said, ΓÇ£NoΓÇöheΓÇÖs a pastor. HeΓÇÖll tell us we
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have to give it back.ΓÇ¥
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Instead, they decided to call a lawyer so they wouldnΓÇÖt get any ethical advice at
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all! He said they could keep it.
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They did end up calling John anyway. He also said that they could keep it … as
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long as they tithed … to a pastor that they were related to.