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 farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I told him
to take the cow instead. Things aren't always what they seem."
Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don't turn
out the way we think they should. Just trust that every outcome is
always to your advantage. You might not realize it until much later.
