[StBernard] The Awesome Power of Kindness

[Westley Annis]

this is such an inspiration to do for anyone in need. So many times we think
we aren't able to care because we fear that we don't have enough or we don't
have the right stuff.  ex: I was at the Hudson's in Meridian one cold &
rainy day. As I pulled into the parking lot I observed an older lady looking
at her car door. As I parked beside her and got out of my car I looked over
and asked if she needed help?  She said my car door won't shut. I
immediately had an idea as to what the problem might be so I went over to
her and asked--do you have a screwdriver?  She went to her trunk and came
back with one. I said I had this happen to me before and I stuck the
screwdriver into the latch on the car door and popped the latch upwards. I
then shut the door and it closed. I said to her---there you go, and I showed
what had happened and what she needed to do if it ever happened again. She
was amazed and asked--what can I do to repay you to which I said ---PASS IT
ON---she thanked me over and over again as I walked toward the store feeling
as though I had just lifted the world off of her shoulders. We should never
feel inadequate or unable to help.  We are the only Bible that some people
will ever read.  God Bless.  Thanx
 
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	The Power of Kindness
	
	
	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.
	
	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, 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
	
	*Dr. Howard Kelly was a distinguished physician who, in 1895,
founded
	the Johns Hopkins Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins
	University. According to Dr. Kelly's biographer, Audrey Davis, the
	doctor was on a walking trip through Northern Pennsylvania one
spring
	day when we stopped by a farm house for a drink of water.
	
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	This is one of many wonderful stories in The Power of Kindness.