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, 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.
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."
2 Corinthians 5:7
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I love that last line, "for we walk by faith and not by sight. Even with the smallest amount of faith we can begin to know God. God is real and often times I feel my limited scope of things gets in the way of the fact that God is always here and never changes. Like the boy in the story we are blind to the dangers but God is here eventhough we cant always see him.
You are so right Mick. And you are so clear with your thoughts and writing...keep it coming and send me some pieces to post. Also, if you ever want to help me give a talk at Fold for HS let me know. Last night we talked about Martin Luther and his theology...I would love to know your thoughts.
hey mr. tinsley. Since im not at school today, i decided to check out the blog. Im glad we have this - ill try to get more ppl my age on it.
But ya, thats sometimes hard to realize that God is always there in even the toughest of times. Mick pretty much said it best so ill just stop my post here.
Dr. T,
That is a great visual...and is really true, though sometimes easy to forget.
Thanks.
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