In Honor Of The Modest Man

Sometimes God selects people to do a job that they don’t seem to be most qualified to do.

In the Bible this is true of Moses, a stutterer who was chosen to speak for the liberation of his people.

The Bible also speaks of the sealed book that cannot be read by the literate man, and neither the  unlearned.  That places both men at an equal disadvantage.  And so the unlearned prophets came to be shown the future revelations that formed two new religions.

Great things can come from unexpected people.

Not only great religions, but great examples of self sacrifice and humbleness can be learned from the most modest of men.

I speak here of my father:

He worked hard, tirelessly,and there was more honor to it than those who were all words.  He wasn’t a talker.  He quietly went to work each day, working two and sometimes three jobs to support his family.  He never finished high school but he taught me to respect his labor and I honor his service to our family.  He was a poor man, who served his country and sent home his pay to support his own mother and siblings when she became a widow.

We hear many tales of the destructiveness of some men and women, and it’s time we spoke of the good that is done in the world by modest men and women who get up and serve us each day, by quietly supporting our society and their families.  Their good work is not gone unnoticed.  We are here because of them.

This is a thank you to my adoptive father.  He is gone but never forgotten. 18 years ago he went to heaven.  His life reminds me of these words by Jesus Christ:

“many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first” (Matthew 19:30)