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{Straight From the Heart} *Angel of Light* 3/24/00
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Today's story is by author Susan Stevens. For those of you who get
the Heartwarmers book, make sure you look for her stories that apear
there. I have read all of them and they are very powerful. Thanks
for sharing with us Susan!
Next story will be on Monday. Have a great weekend!
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Angel of "Light"
By: Susan Stevens
My son Jeff is the Deli Manager for a grocery story in the small
town of Colfax, WA, which is about 50 miles south of Spokane
where he lives. His days start very early, usually leaving for work
around 3:00 AM. The stretch of highway between Spokane and
Colfax is rolling "Palouse", or wheat field country, with farmhouses
dotting the highway here and there.
Recently, Jeff was making the familiar trip along the empty rural
highway when his dashboard lights went out. He carefully
continued to his destination and began to work on fixing the
problem. Once fixed he was able to put it out of his mind and
carry on with his daily routine.
The next morning Jeff was again making the long trip from Spokane
to Colfax when his headlights went out. He slammed on his brakes
as he faced a wall of total darkness. Frustration set in as he found
himself sitting in the middle of a dark highway with no lights to warn
another car he was there.
Jeff tried to find out what the problem was this time, and finally resorted
to frantically pushing every button on the dash. Suddenly, the flashers
began to beat their steady rhythm and Jeff sighed with some relief. At
least others could see that he was on the highway and an accident
could be avoided.
Jeff noticed that he could see the center line with the aid of the flashers
if he drove five to ten miles an hour. Since there were no other options,
Jeff decided to creep toward Colfax at the snails pace. About that time
a car's headlights appeared in his rear view mirror.
The car went around Jeff, but after pulling back in front of him it continued
up the highway a short distance then stopped and waited for Jeff to catch
up. Once Jeff was behind the car, the driver put on their high beams and
continued toward Colfax with Jeff able to see enough to follow.
Just at the edge of Colfax, where the street lights begin and about two
blocks from Jeff's work, the road forks to the right and goes south to
Walla Walla. The driver turned off at this point. Jeff continued on to work
never knowing if the driver of the other car was a man or a woman, for
words were never spoken and in the darkness he couldn't see.
After Jeff told me this story, I felt compelled to write about it. It doesn't
matter if the driver was a man or woman, young or old, earth born or
Heaven sent. They were literally an angel of "light" to Jeff that morning.
Susan Stevens
summr@msn.com
Send Susan an email and let her know what you thought of her story!
Visit her website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/4746
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Susan lives in Washington state where she is in management for a
human resources company. She is the mother of 5 sons and 2 daughters, as
well as the grandmother of 13. She enjoys her hobby of writing poetry
and short stories. Her story The "Can Do" Girl was published in a book
last fall, and four other stories are being published in Heartwarmers, a book
due out this Spring.
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Thought For The Day:
"Carve your name on hearts and not on marble."
Verse for the Day:
"The only letter I need is you yourselves! They can see that you are a
letter from Christ, written by us...not one carved on stone but in
human hearts."
2 Corinthians 3:2,3
Kid's Thought for the day:
"If you wait until you are sure you will never take off the training
wheels."
Parent's Thought For The Day
"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter
to bruise than polish."
(Anne Bradstreet)
Coach's Thought For The Day
"Let it never be forgotten that glamour is not greatness; applause is
not fame; prominence is not eminence. The person of the hour is not
apt to be the person of the ages. It is what the unimportant do that
really counts and determines the course of history. The world would
soon die but for the fidelity, loyalty, and consecration of those
whose names are unhonored and unsung."
(John R. Sizoo)
Deep Thought For The Day:
"I believe that dust protects furniture."
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\_\/\ \ Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live for the Son
\_\/ of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20
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