A Good Man

I attended a funeral this weekend.
An older minister.
My brother-in-law’s father.

One by one, people stood and shared what he meant to them.
Humorous stories.
Precious memories.
Lessons he never tried to teach but taught anyway.

Then the final speaker said something I haven’t been able to shake.

He didn’t try to be the best at anything.
He was just a good man.

That line settled in me.
Because we live in a world obsessed with being the best.
The first.
The fastest.
The one everyone notices.

But the people who shaped my life were rarely any of those things.
They were steady.
Kind.
Faithful in ways that didn’t draw attention.

A good man doesn’t chase a platform.
He shows up.
He listens.
He treats every person like they matter.
He stands for what is right.
He leaves a gentle mark on the world, and the world remembers it.

And when his time is done, the room fills with stories.
Not trophies.
Not titles.
Just countless people who carry a piece of him.
People who carry on his example.

I want to live that kind of life.
A life that doesn’t need to be the best to be meaningful.
A life that simply aims to be good.

Proverbs 20:7 (NKJV)
“The righteous man walks in his integrity;
His children are blessed after him.”

In memory of Bishop Wayne Spencer

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