Two Traveling Angels
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 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 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 wouldn't find it. Then last night as we slept
in
the
farmers bed, the angel of death came
for his wife. I gave her the cow instead. Things aren't always what they
seem."
Sometimes this 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.