When God Wills, Even the Devil Serves Him

There once was a poor woman who, no matter what good happened to her, would always look up to the sky and say,

“Glory be to God.”

She felt deeply grateful for everything.

Nearby lived a rich man. Every time he passed in front of the woman’s house, he would hear her say,

“Glory be to God. Thank you, Lord.”

At first he paid no attention, but after a while it began to irritate him.

“How can this woman, so poor, keep thanking God all the time?” he thought.

One day, as he passed by her house again and heard her say “Glory be to God” once more, he became so angry that he said to his servant:

“Go to the grocery store and fill two bags with food.

Take them to that woman, and when she asks who sent them, tell her that the devil sent them.”

And so the servant did.

The next day he went to the grocery store, filled two bags with food, and took them to the woman. He arrived at her house and knocked on the door.

When she came out and saw the two bags full of food, she exclaimed,

“Glory be to God! Thank you, Lord!”

The servant asked her impatiently:

“Don’t you want to know who sent you the food?”

“No, my child, it doesn’t matter,” she replied.

“When God wills it, even the devil serves Him.”

And taking the food, she went inside content and grateful.

The servant was astonished — and of course, so was his master.

“When God wills it, even the devil serves Him.”

The Lord God Almighty lives!