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
small 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 pair 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 he could have let this happen?
The first man had everything, yet you
helped him, he accused. The second family had little but was willing to share
everything, and you let the 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 wouldn't
find it. "Then last night, as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of
death came for the farmer's wife.
I gave him the cow instead."
"Things aren't always what they
seem."
Sometimes that is exactly what
happens when things don't turn out the way they should.
If you have faith, you just need to
trust that every outcome is always to your advantage.
You might not know it until sometime
later.
- Author Unknown -
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