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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 th is 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.'