"Walk by faith not by sight"

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian

youth's rite of Passage?

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.
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."



Imam Shafi (rahimullah) said: “All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.”