JUST A GLASS OF MILK
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 left,
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 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 in 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, and 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 Kellypink Chidinma Betty Boop
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: “Thank You,
God that your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands.”
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