The Story of Two Traveling Angels

As I look around and see friends struggle, or as I see my own problems, I try to remember a story I read long time ago.

I searched for it, so I could share it with you today:

The Story of 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. 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." 

As we go about our lives, with its ups and downs, let us remember that "Things aren't always what they seem."

A loss of a job or a home, may be a way to help us think outside the box and allow us to do greater things with our lives than if we had not suffered those losses.

A fender bender on the road may have been what saved us from the far more dangerous situation a few miles down the road.

May you see the silver lining in all the trials that come your way. By doing so, you will find peace, comfort, and the assurance that when we have faith, all things will work out for our benefit.