PAID IN FULL



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 and so she 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 strengthened also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Year's later, that 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,
he 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 the case.

 

After a long struggle, the battle was won.
Dr. Kelly requested from the business office
to pass the final billing 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 is
shed abroad through human hearts and hands."
Author Unknown

Much Love,
Stella