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 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"

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.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which --

To burn.