CHEROKEE INDIAN

[Angelwings]

CHEROKEE INDIAN



> 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 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 rem oved 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 you can't see God, doesn't mean He is not there. 'For we walk by
faith, not by sight.'


> 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 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 rem oved 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 you can't see God, doesn't mean He is not there. 'For we walk by
faith, not by sight.'