Integrity: Things Are Not Always What They Seem

I like this little modern day parable…

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. 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 outcome is always to your advantage. You might not know it until some time later…

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

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Damage done

I have to admit that i really didnt want my first post on my ‘new’ blog to be about “a heretic from lakeland florida’. but, so it is. ive read many posts and watched many videos relative to this so called “revival” and have come to the conclusion that it sickens me to see how gullible some, no, alot of people really are when it comes to “basic spiritual truth”. are we that far from the lord that we cannot hear his voice that we would believe in some of the blasphemous occurences happening not only in lakeland but all over for that matter. to be honest i would not like to be part of a congregation that just came back fom a visit to lakeland, you talk about asking for some spiritual warfare! which brings me to my point, i feel sorry for relatives, fellow church members and friends of those that have “brought it back with them”. imagine how easy it will be for the “final” antichrist to persuade in the last days. I pray for all the strength and more importantly the wisdom to know the difference.