Hope
I tend to think that HE is creating a lot of highlights on our part of the World HE has deemed so painstakingly created. First it was the September 11 where HE channeled the focus of everyone on Uncle Sam. Then it was the Tsunami, where HE directed us back to islands like the Maldives, Bali and Sumatra. As if these were not enough, HE superceded the impact with riots in Aceh. These were soon followed by Ms Katrina’s fury and Ms Rita’s tantrums. Of course, HE is not gonna be easily fathomed. HE recalled the fowl-flu epidemic yet once again. While the North persists with Daphrey.
I read somewhere about this story of 2 angels.
One day, there were 2 angels. One old and the other, much younger. One day, the angels passed by a wealthy landlord’s home. They went forward to the rich couple and asked for an empty room to shelter for the night before continuing on their journey the following day. The couple, though wealthy as they are, were not gracious beings at all. They decided to rest the angels at the basement of their spacious home. Nonetheless, the angels thanked them for their hospitality and proceed to the less-than-humble basement. Just then, the older angel saw a hole in the wall of the basement. He mended the hole while the young angel looked on. It was before long that the young angel asked the old angel why did he still mend the hole when they were received with less-than-humble hospitality.
The old angel merely replied, “Some things are not what they seem”.
The next day, the angels thanked the wealthy couple and continued their journey. Then they came upon a poor couple. Likewise, they asked for shelter for the night. Unlike the wealthy couple, this time they were received with the best of everything that the poor couple could possibly afford within their means. They were even offered the couple’s own room. The next day, the young angel was woken up by the couple’s cries. Their only source of livelihood, a cow, was found dead.
The young angel was furious. He confronted the old angel and exclaimed, “Why are you being so unfair! You were so kind as to help the wealthy couple mend the hole in their basement when they didn’t even offer kindness, but yet now you led this couple into greater poverty by not blessing their only source of income!”
The old angel merely smiled, and replied, “Some things are not what they seem”.
The young angel flew into uncontrollable rage and broke down in tears. This time the old angel smiled and explained, “While we were at the basement yesterday, I saw gold from the hole in the wall. I mended the hole so they can never find it. Last night, the angel of death came for the poor man’s wife, I offered him the cow instead.”
Then, he repeated, “Some things are not what they seem”….
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