Love
Lowell is a News Paper man with a passion for Christ. Lowell is
in a hurry to get home and be with his lovely wife Angel, and she
is an Angel in his eyes and in his heart. Lowell was getting real
close to hitting rock bottom before she came into his life. Now he
has Jesus and an Angel at his side.
Lowell stopped off in a small town just off I - 64 interstate. He
was starving, he hadn’t stopped except for gas and to get a soda
sense early that morning. He saw the Long John Silver’s sign from
the freeway. He wanted one of the Grab and Go Fish Sandwiches.
He pulled up to the Drive through speaker, there was a sign on it
"Sorry out of order, Please come inside."
Lowell was in a hurry, but his stomach wouldn’t allow him to
leave with out eating first. He parked the car and went inside,
there was about six people in line in front of him. Two of the
people in front was an elderly couple, probably in there 70’s or
80’s. The line was moving pretty fast. Lowell noticed the elderly
couple ordered a 2 piece fish meal, the girl at the register told them
the price. The elderly man pulled out his wallet and handed her a
cut out coupon for dish washing soap. she put the coupon under
the cash drawer like he had seen people do with large bills like a
hundred dollar bill.
Lowell was even more surprised that the girl in return, handed the
man a coupon for cereal, and said Here is your change back,
Thank you and enjoy your meal. No one else in line paid any
attention to it, they all had seen what just occurred also. No one
said, a word, it was like the man had really paid with money and
was given some real change back in return. Lowell watched to see
how the other people in line paid for their meals. They all paid as
normal, with cash.
When it was Lowell’s turn to order, he looked at the girl’s name
tag, it said Kristy. Lowell said, Tell me Kristy, What is the deal
with the coupons anyway? The girl said Your talking about Mr.
and Mrs. Steele. They come in here every evening around 5:00
PM to eat out. They have been touched with Alzheimer’s, and
they loose things a lot. They would loose all their cash if they
carried any around. So their son George, cuts out coupons and
gives them the coupons, they don’t know it’s not real money.
They think they are just out on a date with each other some times.
They don’t realize they have been married for over sixty years.
Their son George stops in and pays once a week for all of the
meals they have eaten here. Lowell said, It’s surprising a big chain
like Long John Silvers would take time to help out in a case like
this, I’ll eat in one these places more often to show my support for
them caring about the elderly. I’d like to know more about the
Steele couple, I’m a News Paper Man and I’d like to do a story
about this for my paper.
Kristy said Go over there and ask Johnny, he is on his break right
now. Johnny can tell you everything you want to know, he goes to
church with them. Lowell said, Thanks a lot, I’ll go ask him. He
found Johnny sitting in the back at a table alone. He said, I’d like
to find out about the Steele couple, Kristy, the girl up front said
you would know.
Johnny said, Sure what do you want to know? Lowell said, Tell
me everything I want to write a newspaper story about them.
Johnny spent his whole 30 minutes lunch break telling of the many
deeds that the couple had done over the years to help out any one
they could. And now that the years have made it so, they are the
ones that need a little help now days, just a little here and there
from time to time. The whole community is happy to repay them
in any way they can.
Lowell wrote down everything and he watched as the couple left
out the door. It was like watching two kids in High School out on
their first date. Lowell was still thinking about the couple when he
got back on the road to return to his own sweet heart back home.
Lowell drove 10 more miles before he realized he had forgot to get
food while he was there. He said, Oh well, man does not live by
bread alone. He would just have to go on the love he had for his
Angel at home, waiting on him to return to her loving arms.
He could imagine him and Angel being just like that when they
got that old. He said, Thank you Lord for sending an Angel to be
with me. When he got home he told Angel all about the couple he
had seen. They shared with each other, their feelings, their hopes
and dreams. Just as it should be between two people that love
each other. Some people are meant to be Husband and Wife, and
God will bring them together no matter what. Distance or time is
no obstacle for God , He is God of all things. The family that
prays together, stays together, let God take care of the rest.
Written : By Johnny lee Hall