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Lapel, In | Cherokee Legend
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of Passage?
His father would take him into the forest, blindfold him and leave him alone.
He was required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold
until the rays of the morning sun shone through the blindfold.
He could not cry out for help to anyone.
Once he survived the night, he was a MAN.
He could not tell the other boys of his experience, because each lad had come
into manhood on his own.
The boy was naturally terrified. He could hear all kinds of noises.
Wild beasts were surely all around him. Maybe even some human
being might do him harm.
The wind blew the grass, the earth, the trees and even shook his stump, but
he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It was 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.
His 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
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1/16 Cherokee Never sat on a stump all night.lol.
