God Works In mysterious ways
One day, a farmer said to his sheeps.
“There’s a foreign buyer coming tomorrow to buy all of you. He’s a very wealthy man. Guess what? He will transport you to his country by ship. You are going to have a new home abroad. It’s like a different world entirely. You will witness the magical moments of snowfall. Isn’t that amazing?”.
Upon hearing that, all the sheeps became very excited and began cheering loudly. They stayed up all night waiting for dawn.
The following morning, the foreign buyer arrived and made payment for the sheeps. However, as the sheeps were being loaded into the truck, the buyer noticed something: one of the sheeps had a broken leg and was limping. He said to the farmer.
“Hey, look, what happened to that sheep?”.
The farmer responded.
“It fell from a hill and sustained a fracture. It will heal completely in a week, I promise”.
The buyer, however, was not satisfied with the limping sheep, and he said.
“I’m afraid I can’t buy that sheep. It’s not fit to travel with me due to it’s poor health condition. I would like to get a refund for it, please”.
The moment the limping sheep realized it had been rejected, it’s heart broke into pieces and it began to cry. It stood aside, crying and watching the other sheeps as they got into the truck and were driven away.
That evening, the farmer found the limping sheep lonely and depressed. In an attempt to console it, he said.
“Come on, it’s not the end of the world. Life has so much in store for you. Don’t lose hope. Good things always come in the end. Okay?”.
After he said that, the sheep became drowsy and soon fell asleep.
Two days later, the farmer was in a state of complete shock and dispair as he could not believe the news he had just heard. Unable to control his emotions, he went to the sheep barn and he began to weep. When the limping sheep asked what the matter was, the farmer said achingly.
“I just got the terrible news that the ship carrying all the sheeps to another country had sank into the ocean with no reported survivors. Everyone, everything was lost”.
The limping sheep was so dumfounded that it couldn’t say anything. Then the farmer murmured.
“You could have joined them, if not for your broken leg. And yes, you could have been among the dead sheeps right now. Indeed, rejection is a blessing in disguise, isn’t it?”.
Many times, we feel disappointed or rejected over some life experiences. We become sad and angry when things don’t work out the way we want them to. The truth is, God works in mysterious ways: his ways cannot be understand by man. He sometimes causes us to have an experience that could be a disappoinment to us, but which will eventually surmount to a huge blessing. We shouldn’t be too worried and upset whenever we face disappointments and rejections in life because we never know what blessing awaits us.
May God give us his understanding
Bilisa Negash
