The traveling angels
The 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 they 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 nights 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 farmer's 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
out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until
some time later...
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