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 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."  
She accused the older angel, "The second family had little, but was 
willing to share everything, and you let the cow die."

The older angel replied, "Things aren't always what they seem.  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 couldn't 
find it.  Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of 
death came for his wife.  I gave her the cow instead.  Things aren't 
always what they seem."

Sometimes this is exactly what happens when things don't turn out they 
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 
sometime later.

God sees all sides of the picture while our earthly view is very limited.