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THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM...
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." |
“Jesus’
Baptism”