Found Money

Found Money

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father.

1 Timothy 5:1

A couple who had been childhood sweethearts married and settled down in their old neighborhood. On their fiftieth wedding anniversary, they walked down the street to their old school. There, they held hands as they found the old desk they had shared and where he had carved “I love you, Sally.”

On their way home, a bag of money fell out of an armored car practically at their feet. The woman quickly picked it up, but they did not know what to do with it, so they took it home. There she counted the money and found that it totaled fifty thousand dollars!

The husband said, “We’ve got to give it back.”

She said, “Finders keepers.” Then she put the money back in the bag and hid it up in their attic.

The next day, two FBI agents were going door to door in the neighborhood looking for the money and showed up at their home.

The agents asked, “Pardon me, but did either of you find any money that fell out of an armored car yesterday?”

She said, “No.”

The husband said, “She is lying. She hid it up in the attic.”

She said, “Don’t believe him; he’s getting senile.”

But the agents sat the man down and began to question him.

One said, “Tell us the story from the beginning.”

The old man said, “Well, when Sally and I were walking home from school yesterday . . .”

Whereupon she rolled her eyes and said, “See what I mean?”

The FBI guy looked at his partner and said, “Let’s get out of here.”

Dear Lord, thank you for the older people in our lives. They bring us such joy and love. We pray that we will always treat them with the dignity and respect their years deserve. Amen.