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.
**UNKNOWN AUTHOR**
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