INSPIRATIONAL STORY (Two Traveling Angels)

                                                      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 mansions guestroom. 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 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 nights 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 source of 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 by repairing the hole in his wall." 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." said the older angel. "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 angels of death came for his wife. I gave her 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. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might realize it until sometime later.

Romans 8:28  And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.  NLT