Wednesday, March 23, 2011

What goes around comes around

What goes around comes around

 

His name wasFleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make out aliving for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. Hedropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck,was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Flemingsaved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The nextday, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. Anelegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father ofthe boy Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said thenobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept paymentfor what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. Atthat moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel."Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmerreplied proudly. "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him agood education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man youcan be proud of." And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduatedfrom St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become knownthroughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer ofPenicillin. Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia.What saved him? Penicillin, The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill,His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill. Someone once said what goes around comesaround. Jesus said it another way In bible Luke 6:38: Give, and it will begiven to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over,will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measuredto you.


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