Things Aren't Always What They Seem

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Things Aren't Always What They Seem

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 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 out come is always

to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later...

~ Author Unknown