Things Aren't Always What They Seem
Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a
wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's
guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their
bed on the hard floor the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the
younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, "Things aren't always what they
seem."
The next night the two angels came to rest at the house of a very
poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had,
the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.
When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.
Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel,
"How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped
him. The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their
cow die."
"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel
replied.
"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed
there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed
and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he couldn't retrieve the
gold."
"Last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of
death came for his wife. I told him to take the cow instead."
Things are not always what they seem. Sometimes this is exactly what
happens when things don't turn out the way we think they should. If you have faith in God,
just trust that every outcome is always to-your advantage. You might not realize it until
much later.
Author unknown
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