Haven't posted here for a while; Not because I haven't reason to - nothing I enjoy more than thinking about people who get on with life in the way an old Hebrew would ; Thinking it through but without the headache of too much information and too little direction .
On that journey are tough men and real men ( see Facebook page of same name ) . Thinking Hebrew creates real men , tough men whose faith is not sentimental or weak , but is fully blown , mature, stable and well directed . Such real men are not afraid to face the inevitable toughness of life ; they get on with " doing what they have to do " and being good at it .
You may think them quiet and unimportant . As mentors they are not lecturing you , but listening to you. The kids chorus song "you in your small corner and I in mine" is a man's song too - any man who wants to be remembered as a tough man, a real man ; someone to be admired ; I mean really admired in the sense that you don't go round adding qualifications.
Such men will be famous, but sometimes only where it matters - to the people around them . Like Tevye, they represent the best of all tributes to their heavenly Father .Few of the musical bits of the most famous musical of all time are big hits - Tevye , you see, is the sensation who is the singing substance of this work . Oh to to sing and pray and look after the world ( including the donkey) like he did
My uncle was a man like that .I went to his funeral yesterday. He was a Tevye ,one who sang and shook his heart out like he shook those hands and shared his life with us . A better uncle you couldn't wish for . While we all know what a big hole his death creates here , by gathering together we saw his legacy in real terms and hardly needed to talk about it because in three tributes up the front , God was honoured , he was honoured and we all felt greatly blessed ; the gifts he shared keep growing amongst us.
Met some other funny serious blokes and women later on , one who reminded me that he too, now, was a teacher , like his father , and proudly so.( that makes 5 in his family one father and one grandfather - hope one of them will post here - it was one Pastor's idea to share this idea of TH )
What a great tangible comfort to think that generation after generation ,we have each one of these individual men here amongst us as real men . Real people who celebrate their individual growth curves on their own pilgrims way to build , rebuild and re-establish this truth ;
That thinking can transform your life and clear thinking about your own attitude is great for you and those around you . Be blessed and be a blessing as the small company was yesterday .
The substance too was in the little bit of writing we have seen. His grand niece, in the car on the way out to his burial, was busy laughing at his written reflections from his childhood.
You can't not but miss that tangible beautiful person that was in your presence only a moment ago.
