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THING'S ARE
NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
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Two
travelling 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
guestroom. 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 could you have let this happen? The first
man had everything, yet you helped him, she
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 farmers bed, the
angel of death came for his 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 some time
later...
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