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 theblindfold 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 comeinto manhood on his own.The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wildbeasts 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 satstoically, 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, our Heavenly Father 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, perhaps you took off your blindfold before dawn.Moral of the Story: Just because you can't see God, doesn't mean He is notthere.'For we walk by faith, not by sight.'~ 2 Corinthians 5:7 ~

My Way

Does one grain of sand fear another grain of sand and avoid contact with it? Rather, the grains of sand have no fear from one another as they are blown about by the wind. You and I are but grains of sand blown together by the wind. We cannot fear one another nor can we avoid one another, for this is our fate (Two Grains of Sand)