Even when things seem like they can’t get any worse and you feel like no one has your back it is important to remember that there is always someone that cares about you. This is especially true for people of faith who often remind themselves that they are never facing challenges alone. That’s the message that the father in the following story was trying to teach his son and the way he went about it has a lot of people talking.
From IJ Review:
According to Jack Speed’s Facebook post, a father takes his son into the forest for the purpose of making him a “man.”
The father blindfolds his son and explains what he must do:
- 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.”
Determined to become a man, the terrified boy spends the night in the dark forest, surrounded by unfamiliar and frightening sounds.
Finally, after what seems like an eternity, morning comes. When the boy takes off his blindfold he is shocked to see who is sitting next to him.
It is his father; he had spent the entire night on the stump beside him, ensuring that the boy was safe and protected.
Jack Speed explains that this story is true for all of those who believe. Read more from Andrew Mark Miller at YC – http://www.youngcons.com/dad-teaches-son-amazing-lesson-by-leaving-him-alone-in-the-forest/