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 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 strong also.  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 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 lift.  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.

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 abroad through human hearts and hands.”

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.