With Just A Glass of Milk
One day, a poor boy was selling goods door-to-door to pay his way through school. He 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 she brought him a large glass of milk.
He drank it slowly, 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 the bottom of my heart.”
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in humanity had been restored as well. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Years later that kind 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.
Against all odds, that doctor was named Dr. Howard Kelly!
He 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 arose and went down the hall of the hospital to 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, 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. After all, she was relatively poor.
After much consideration, she looked at the bill, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words…
Paid in full with one glass of milk.
—Dr. Howard Kelly.
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Giving Thanks When It Take Faith
In the late 1800’s George Mueller operated an orphanage that at one time had 1,000 orphans. One morning there was no food to eat, but he called all the children and staff together and prayed thanking God for the provision of food, even though no food was on the table. A few moments later a baker knocked on the door. He told Mr. Muller that God had led him to bake bread the night before and give it to the orphanage. Before the bread was given to the children, a milkman knocked on the door. He said that his milk truck had broken down and he wanted to give the milk to the orphanage.
George Muller gave thanks, even when it took faith to do so.
