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God is all around us!

{ 07:28, Friday, March 14, 2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

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.

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 ~

--What a great reminder. Even when we are scared, pushed beyond what we feel we can handle (it has been that kind of week here) God is there by our side. He would not leave us.

-- I am currently reading through the book of Ecclesiates and yesterday was chapter 3. Today I received in the e-mail the following link (along with the preceeding story). It is beautiful. Turn on the sound to your computer and enjoy.

http://www.biblesociety.ca/free_scriptures/escriptures/ecclesiastes3/ecclesiastes3.html

I have seen other ladies participating in "Show and Tell Friday". So, I thought that I would share this with each of you ladies. I had down to the pantry to get some applesauce for my littlest and as I set aside the jars that were in front of the one I needed I thought the colors were just so beautiful. Left to right: dill pickles, tomatoes, applesauce and dill-pickled beans with carrots (a favorite family snack) Summer-time in a jar.

~photo of canned goods was here~

Have a blessed weekend;

Carrie

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