PAID IN FULL

Paid in Full 

One day a poor boy who was selling goods door to door
to pay his way through school, found he had only one
thin dime left. As 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 instead. He drank it slowly and then
asked, "How much do I owe you."

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "My mom has
taught us to never accept pay for kindness." He then
thanked her profusely and as he walked away. Howard
Kelly not only felt rejuvenated physically, but his
faith in God and mankind was rejuvenated also. He had
been on the verge of giving up, dropping out of school,
and going back to the farm.

It is a fact, however, that truth is stranger than
fiction, for as it turned out, years later that woman
became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled
and sent her to the Johns Hopkins University Hospital
in Baltimore where specialists were summoned to study
her rare disease and recommend an appropriate treatment
if they could develop one.

Dr. Kelly was called in for consultation and when he
learned the name of the town she came from, a strange
light filled his eyes. Immediately he sought out her
room and looking in, without entering he recognized her
as the beautiful young lady who had been so kind to him
many years ago.

So he went back to his office determined to do his best
to save her life and from that day he gave special
attention to her case.

After a prolonged struggle, the battle was won. On the
day of her scheduled discharge, Dr. Kelly requested the
business office to pass her hospitalization statement
to him for his approval.

When he read it, he made a note at the bottom of the
page and had it delivered in a sealed envelope to his
patient.

Needless to say, she feared to open it for she was sure
it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. But
finally, screwing up her courage, she opened the
envelope and stared in horror at the large figure in
the amount owing column. Then to her great relief, her
eyes were drawn to the hand written note at the bottom
of the page which read: "Paid in full with one glass of
milk."1

NOTE: This is exactly what God did for you and me in
giving His Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the just penalty
for all our sins by dying in your place and mine on the
cruel Roman cross 2,000 years ago at Calvary in
Jerusalem. For all who have confessed their sinfulness
to God and asked for His forgiveness, God writes right
across their debt account: "PAID IN FULL."

If you have never received God's forgiveness for all
your sins, I urge you to do his today. For HELP Click
on "God's Invitation" at:
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