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.
Many year's later that same 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 her
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 has spread broad through human
hearts and hands."
There's a saying which goes something
like this:
Bread cast on the waters
comes back to you. The good deed you do today
may benefit you or someone you
love at the least expected time. If you
never see
the deed again at least
you will have made the world a better place -
And, after all, isn't that
what life is all about?