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A GLASS OF MILK
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By:
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blueamazion
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Mood:
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accomplished
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Date:
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Apr 21, 2008, 10:14 AM
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Music:
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BIRDS SINGING
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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 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 the bottom of 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 th e 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 w ith 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! Now you have
two choices. 1. You can send this page on and spread a positive message.
2. Or ignore it and pretend it never touched your heart -
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which --
To burn
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