One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door
to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime let, and he was
hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost
his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal, he
asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a
large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe
you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught
us never to accept pay for a kindness.”
He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger
physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to
give up and quit.
Years later that young woman became critically ill. The
local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city where they
called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in
for the consultation.
When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange
light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the
hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor’s gown, he went to see her. He
recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do
his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly
requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He
looked at it then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her
room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her
life to pay for it all. Finally she looked and something caught her attention
on the side of the bill. She read these words:
PAID IN FULL WITH ONE
GLASS OF MILK.
(signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed:
Thank You, God, that Your love is shed abroad through human hearts and hands.
“He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he
which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” – 2 Corinthians 9:6
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