Thursday, April 8, 2010

For we walk by faith, not by sight

Sometimes thinking about the future makes me cringe.

I really worry for my future. Like am I going to get a job as soon as I graduate or will I become to be a successful professional with a reputable status.

So today I received a chain mail from my mom (usual and I am hoping my middle child sibling will not be sending me same email) that inspired me to think positively and I thought I might share it with you guys.


Cherokee Legend
His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him an 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.

Moral of the story:
Just because you can't see God,

Doesn't mean He is not there.

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