Something Snapped
Theme of the Week: Venting Prevention
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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Who Said It … Ben Carson
Growing up in a single-parent home with dire poverty, poor grades, and low self-esteem, Ben dreamed of becoming a physician. Although his mother had only a third-grade education, she challenged her sons to strive for excellence.
As a brain surgeon, Dr. Carson has gained world-wide recognition for successfully separating several Siamese twins and for refining techniques for radical brain surgery to stop intractable seizures. What He Said … Something Snapped
One day, as a 14-year-old in ninth grade, I was hanging out at the house of my friend Bob, listening to his radio, when he suddenly leaned over and dialed the tuner to another station. I'd been enjoying the song playing on the first station, so I reached over and flipped it back. Bob switched stations again.
A wave of rage welled up. Almost without thinking, I pulled out the pocketknife I always carried and, in one continuous motion, flicked open the blade and lunged viciously right at my friend's stomach. Incredibly, the point of the knife struck Bob's large metal belt buckle and the blade snapped off in my hands.
Bob raised his eyes from the broken piece of metal in my hand to my face. He was too surprised to say anything. But I could read the terror in his eyes.
"I … I … I'm sorry!" I sputtered, then dropped the knife handle and ran for home, horrified by the realization of what I'd just done.
Adapted from Take the Risk! (Zondervan, 2007) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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