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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. 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
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. Just because you can't see God, doesn't mean He
is not there. "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
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