Things aren’t always what they seem [ponder this]

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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,” he 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.

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Things aren’t always what they seem.  Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don’t turn out the way they should.  If you have faith, you just need to trust that every out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later…

If my body was a car… [humor]

IF MY BODY WAS A CAR

c2003 Linda S Amstutz.  If you want to read more by Ms Amstutz, visit her blog at http://anotherlinda.blogspot.com“.

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If my body was a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish, and my paint job is getting a little dull …

But that’s not the worst of it.

My headlights are out of focus, and it’s especially hard to see things up close.  My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things, even in the best of weather.  My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins.  It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed.  My fuel rate burns inefficiently.

But here’s the worst of it –

Almost every time I sneeze, cough or laugh….either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires!