Cherokee Legend -
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 sunshine 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.
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