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," "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.
