For The Good

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============ Once on a journey, a Rabbi and his students were refused hospitality at a certain town. Instead of being upset, the Rabbi said: "Whatever God does is for the good!" However, the group had to spend the night in a field. The Rabbi brought along a donkey, a rooster to awaken him early, and a lamp for studying scripture. That evening, as he was studying, a wind blew out his lamp. Then a cat pounced on his rooster and ate it. Finally, a prowling lion ate his donkey. The Rabbi's reaction to all this was: "Whatever God does is for the good!" Late that night, marauding (抢劫的) troops raided the town and took all its inhabitants captive. The next morning, the Rabbi and his students discovered what happened. Then he reminded his students: "Didn't I tell you, whatever God does is for the good! If the lamp would have been shining or the rooster would have crowed, or the donkey would have brayed, we too, would have been taken captive." This lesson in everyday life is extremely important. If we realize that everything is by Divine Providence and that we cannot always see the full picture, we would have a much easier time coping and proceeding through life. And perhaps if we look closely, we may even at times understand how the things we perceive as negative are really for our good. ~Talmudic （“塔木德经”，犹太法典的） story~