Good or bad, hard to say

Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he
was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he
went.

One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse.
He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. In
the end, finger of the king was too bad that had to be cut. The king asked the follower again
if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard to say'.
The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.

One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a
deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the
jungle. To make things worse, he got captured by the native people who lived inside the jungle.
They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed that the king had one finger
short, they released him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for
sacriface. The king managed to get back to his palace after all.

And he finally understood the follower's wise quote, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. If he hadn't
lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people. He ordered to release the
follower, and apologized to him. But to the king's amazement, the follower was not mad at him
at all. Instead,the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.' Why? Because
if the king hadn't locked the follower up, he would have brought the follower along to the
jungle. If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower.
Again, the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.

The moral of the story is that everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good
or bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become a
gain. Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don't have to hold too tight to
it, treat it as a surprise in your life. Whatever bad things that happen to you, don't have to
feel too sad or despair, in the end, it might not be a total bad thing after all. If one can
understand this, he or she will find life much easier.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are called according to His purpose. Rom 8:28