Two Traveling Angels....

This was sent to me a long time ago from the internet. There was no
author's name on the page. Perhaps an angel wrote it to bless us all. We
all have to remember that sometimes when we ask God for something, His
answer may be "no". Don't be discouraged. If you are standing in a valley,
you cannot see beyond the mountains. But God, Who sits on the highest place
can see everything and what you have been praying for might lead you right
into the enemy's hands. Trust God and His answers to your prayers even when
the answer is not what you may have wanted. The little story that follows
illustrates this perfectly.

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 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, he 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."

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