Petra
08-10-2010, 11:55 PM
> 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...
> 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...