[Nana_English]

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. Maybe even some
human might do him harms. 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.
He 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 we can't see
God, doesn't mean He is not there.
"For we walk by faith, not by
sight."
God Bless

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