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Do you know the legend of the
Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage? His
dad would take him into the forest blindfolded, and leave him - alone.
He was required to sit on a stump the whole night...and not take off the
blindfold until a ray of sun shone through it. He would be all by himself.
He could not cry out for help to anyone. Once he survived the night he would
be a MAN... He could not tell the other boys of this experience. Each lad
must come into his own manhood.
The boy was terrified...could hear all kinds of noise. Beasts were all
around him. Maybe even some human would hurt him. The wind blew the grass
and earth, and it shook his stump. But he sat stoically, never removing the
blindfold. It would be the only way he could be a man. Finally, after a
horrific night, the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then
that he saw his father - sitting on the stump next to him - at watch the
entire night.
We are never alone..... Even when we do not know it, our Father is
protecting us. He is sitting on the stump beside us.
dad would take him into the forest blindfolded, and leave him - alone.
He was required to sit on a stump the whole night...and not take off the
blindfold until a ray of sun shone through it. He would be all by himself.
He could not cry out for help to anyone. Once he survived the night he would
be a MAN... He could not tell the other boys of this experience. Each lad
must come into his own manhood.
The boy was terrified...could hear all kinds of noise. Beasts were all
around him. Maybe even some human would hurt him. The wind blew the grass
and earth, and it shook his stump. But he sat stoically, never removing the
blindfold. It would be the only way he could be a man. Finally, after a
horrific night, the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold. It was then
that he saw his father - sitting on the stump next to him - at watch the
entire night.
We are never alone..... Even when we do not know it, our Father is
protecting us. He is sitting on the stump beside us.
Janet Paschel ~ I Give You Jesus