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 guestroom. 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 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 him the cow instead."
"Things aren't always what they seem..."
When things don't turn out the way they should, we need to trust that with Yashua at our side, every outcome is always to
our advantage, even if we don’t see it until some time later...
