Monday, November 27, 2017

NOT ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM

NOT ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.  The family was rather rude and refused to let the angels stay in any of the mansion’s guest rooms.  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 quite hospitable farmer and his wife.  After sharing what little food they had, the couple let the angels sleep in their only 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 so 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.”

Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don’t turn out the way you think 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 later days of your journey through life.  Things aren’t always what they seem.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!

No comments:

Post a Comment