Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's
rite of Passage?
His father takes him into ...
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Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's
rite of Passage?
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and
leaves him alone.
He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not
remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun
shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone.
Once he survives the night, he is a MAN. He cannot tell
the other boys of this experience, because each lad must
come into manhood on his own.
The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of
noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him.
May be even some human might do him harm.
The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump,
but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold.
It would be the only way he could become a man!
Finally, after a horrific night, the sun appeared and
he removed his blindfold.
It was then that he discovered, his father sitting on the
stump next to him.
Father had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son
from harm. We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't
know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump
beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach
out to Him.
If you liked this story, pass it on. If not, you took off your
blindfold before dawn.
Moral of the story: Just because you can't see God,
doesn't mean He is not there.
'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'
God Bless. Close
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