Who are we? What makes us who we are?The young man in the pic above could be anyone. An athlete pushing himself further. A student determined to do well and get into med school. A child of God who has experienced grace - and is in the business of passing on the gift.
Caleb Baber is all of these. With a very signficant and life-changing twist - the picture taken of him doing a 5 km run - has left out a key component of who Caleb is at this point.
The picture above does not show the two prosthetic limbs that Caleb uses to walk with, to run with, to snow-board with. It does not show the remarkable on-going story of development that this young man is going through (previous postings on this can be seen here and on a dedicated blog here).
It does not tell about Caleb's being here with us at Jeevan Sahara Kendra for a month (manically sandwiched between his last day of exams of the fall term and the first day of classes of the spring Junior Year pre-med studies he is doing in the US).
We are so blessed to have Caleb with us. Life is more than limbs. And the two carbon fibre legs that Caleb straps on below his knees are more than just pieces of technology - they are extensions of a will to be all that God wants him to be - and parts of the means of grace which God is equipping him with to live out a life well lived.
Caleb has been writing about his adventures at JSK at www.calebbaber.blogspot.com
Oh so well written! Thank you for insight you share with us readers. And yes, Caleb has determined to be an extension of God's hands and feet (with all that means to his injured hands and feet). 'His courage asks me, what am I afraid of?' (a Sarah Groves song)
ReplyDeleteGod's mercies on you and your family!
Lori Taylor