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Subject: Legend of 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 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 you can't see God, Doesn't mean He is not there.

'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'

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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.

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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