Father Left Son In Woods To 'Become A Man,’ STUNNED Who’s There When He Awoke
By Dreamer
A father wanted to teach his son how to be a “man’s man,” so he brought him deep into the woods with a blindfold and left him there overnight, giving the boy several rules he had to follow. The boy did as he was told, and when morning finally came, he was utterly stunned at what he saw.
A man named Jack Speed recalled the tale on his Facebook profile, and it’s a powerful reminder of how, sometimes, the best way to teach someone a lesson is to demonstrate what must be learned. The man took his young son deep into the forest, then placed a blindfold over his eyes and gave him four rules that he must follow over the course of the night.
He must sit on the stump for the whole night. He cannot remove the blindfold until morning comes. He cannot cry out for help to anyone. He cannot tell the other boys about this because “each lad must come into manhood on his own.”
More determined than ever to become his own man, the boy bravely sat on the stump throughout the night. Alone in the forest, he spent the night listening to unfamiliar and terrifying sounds, but never once did he remove the blindfold.
“The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold,” Speed explained. “It would be the only way he could become a man!”
As the horrific night came to an end, the boy felt the warm sunshine hitting his body, and he knew he had completed the challenge. Relieved, he removed the blindfold to make an incredible discovery.
“It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him,” said Speed. “He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.”
While some may question the point of the story, Speed explained it perfectly.
“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.”
For the faithful, this story is a true testament to God’s love for all of us and a reminder that even though we can’t see Him, He’s always there beside us to keep us from harm. As Speed correctly noted at the end of his post, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
[H/T: IJLift]
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