You can never keep a Good-man down!
Gen 41:41
I don’t get to meet him more often these days, but our
hearts are beating at the same time I am sure! God just made it to look like
this! You never choose where you are born: you never pick your siblings neither
do they decide to have you as theirs. God Just made it.
I am sure his beautiful golden heart is too heavy (it can’t
be easily harboured in his tiny body). He is a true definition of what a
brother is. He has made his mistakes__ but each time he did, he took responsibility.
He has taken paths that lead to no-where but he was so loud to say, ‘this is a
dark path, don’t use it!’. He did stay in one place too long but when he gained
strength he did soldier on.
I remember when he taught me how to gather stuff and keep
it. We played ball together. We fought a few times and yes I never won. He led
the way to the light that we have behold and prayed to become. He still is a
lamp on its lamp stand. He is a fire that is continually burning and
illuminating the whole house-hold.
I remember when he protected me in the primary school. It feels
like yesterday when we got to junior high_ he became a worthy shoulder to
depend on. Kona kungembulela timphahla ngiyakukhumbula. He told my mom to stop
giving him supplies (because he was a grown man in Form 2). He started giving
me pocket money while we went to the same school. He fed me when I got to
senior high. He smiled and became proud when I God to the university for my
first degree. He came home to shout, “That’s my Boy!”, when I was capped. He celebrates
me when I talk on the radio. He is a true mid-wife. He works on birthing other
people’s dreams and destinies even while he waits for his first born. He is a people’s
person.
One priceless lesson I am still trying to master from him is
relentlessness. He has that diamond heart which says, “there is another way, let’s
wait a little while longer, things are going to improve”. He has a way of
hanging in there even with the last ounce of his breath, believing the sun is
gonna shine someday. I look up to you for many things, big brother!
He is my man! I envy him.
Goodman
