She saw more than her life and circumstances, she saw a better life and a better world that she belonged too. I can see why Sonya Carson had to admit herself to an institute, such circumstances in life, are hard to bear, and we should never be ashamed to ask for help when we need it.īut Sonya Carson strikes me as a woman with vision, and I believe Ben inherited this gift from his mother. Losing one parent and finding myself, at the age of 18, depending on the other remaining parent was definitely a game changer. Reading this book now has a different meaning for me - the story was the same, but the context has changed due to my life experiences between High School and now. How can someone with so little and surrounded by misery, have so much joy? The impact of these words were heart breaking, as I imagined a young, poor, black boy living in an American ghetto. In his book, Gifted Hands, Ben Carson recalls his thoughts as a young boy - " I have sunshine in my heart, regardless of conditions around me". In Lee Strobel's journey from Atheism to Christianity captured in his famous book "A Case for Christ", it is mentioned that some of the most prominent and outspoken atheists were all men who had distant, abusive fathers or who had no father present in their lives at all.īen Carson would not have stood a chance against this world, if it not had been for the faith of his mother - Sonya Carson. The wisdom of this world tells us that Ben Carson, who at 8 years old lost the presence of his father in the home, should have undoubtedly become "one of the statistics" - one of the many young men who go through life mad at the world and hurting other people to somehow vindicate the pain of neglect and rejection. Evidence that the impact of Ben Carson's life story is being passed down through generations, right before our eyes.
The first time I read Gifted Hands was in High School, my sister who is nine years younger than me, is now reading this same novel.
The tree whose leaves never fade or wither and not only is that tree fruitful but its fruitfulness is long lived. His life is an illustration of the tree referred to in Psalms Chapter 1, the tree that is firmly planted and tended by streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season. What sets him apart is that his success is not short-lived as we see in the career of many one-hit wonders in Hollywood, or politicians shamed by their own double-standards. Ben Carson is undoubtedly one of the most prominent role models for young people in the 21st century.
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