Henry's thoughts

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

I decide to post this story which I find very meaningful.

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 happened?”

“The first man had everything, yet you helped him”, she accused.

“The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and yet
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.”

This story shows that things are not always what they seem to be. Do not be foolish and judge things too early. Life is really full of suprises and I shall quote "Life is just like a box of chocolates". Be optimistic and confidence of yourselves. Doing none will only make it worse.

1 Comments:

  • A beautiful story indeed. Although, I heard it before but nonetheless it always makes me wanna cry when I read it. This reminds me of a simliar story. here goes:
    Footprints~~
    One night a man had a dream. he dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky, he noticed 2 sets of footpronts in the sand, one belonged to him and the other to the LORD.

    When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. he noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only 1 set of footprints. HE also notice that it happens during the saddest times in his Life.

    This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD abt it. "LORD, u said that once I decided to follow u, u'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times of my life, there is only 1 set of footprints. I dun understand why when I needed you the most, u would leave me."

    The LORD replied, " My precious child, I luv u & I would never leave u. During your time of trial and suffering, when u see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried u."

    take care fren
    gemhl

    By Blogger Lucbabe, at 4:59 AM  

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