Glass of milk

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  1. my4kiddies

    my4kiddies Well-Known Member

    I hope its ok that i have posted this here , Its so wonderful and almost made me cry. I wanted to share this with all of my fellow 4042ers
    Have a great Sunday !



    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 door
    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 so 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?


    The hardest thing to learn in life
    is which bridge to cross
    and which to burn
     
  2. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

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