One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one 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 glass 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 payment for 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 also became stronger. He had been ready to give up and quit.
Years later, that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to a big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, his eyes lit up. Immediately he rose and went down to her hospital room. He recognised her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day onwards, 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.
Finally, she looked, and something caught her attention on the side as she read the 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 through human hearts and hands.”
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Howard Atwood Kelly (1858-1943) was an American gynaecologist and one of the founding professors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is credited with establishing gynaecology as a specialty by developing new surgical approaches and several medical innovations, including the improved cystoscope, Kelly’s clamp, Kelly’s speculum and Kelly’s forceps.
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Everyday do your best. God will do the rest.
– Anonymous