“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good
things to those who ask Him!” – Matthew 7:11
Two days back when my father called
me through phone he asked me: “Daddy, how are you?” You might be surprised to
know a father calling his son, “Daddy”. Many people were surprised about this
for the past 28 years.
The story began in the year 1984
when I was born. In 1983, my dad lost his father whom he loved most in the
world. He could not able to bear the death of his father. My two brothers were
at the age of 4 & 5. My father felt that there was no more hope and he
stopped going to his work. There was no more income for our family and they
went through a very tough situation at that time. My father din’t went to his
work for one year.
Exactly after a year of his father’s
death, I was born. When I was born he believed that God gave back his father to
him. He was so happy about my birth and started loving me so much. From the day
I was born, he started calling me “Daddy”. Throughout these 28 years, only 6 or
7 times he addressed me with my name and the rest of the moments he calls me as
“Daddy”.
My dad continued without any work as
he felt so happy to spend time with me. Elders around him advised to go to work
but he din’t listen to anyone. Exactly after one month I got a severe fever and
my parents had no money to take me to a doctor. Seeing my pathetic condition,
my dad decided to go for work so that he can take care of me well. Because of
the love he had upon me, he started going to a regular work almost after a
year.
As my father loved me so much I got
a special care and respect among my family members and relatives. Even when my
mom talks about me to my dad she uses the phrase “Your Daddy”. Even at the
times of my misbehavior my dad never hated me but corrected me with so much
patience and love.
He sacrificed many things for me.
When I begun to grow and crawl, he saw me moving towards a small bit of
cigarette lying on the floor which he smoked a hour before. As he saw me taking
that in my small hands, my mom told him that your dad will start smoking
cigarette if you don’t stop it now. He stopped smoking from that day onwards.
As years passed by we understood the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ and got saved. Before we were saved we used to go to
movie theaters as a family. But once we got saved my mom stopped watching movie
and all other stuffs. She never forced us to do so but she always insisted my
father to be an example to his children. My father tried his best but he can’t
stop watching movies.
At one particular week, I had severe
fever and doctors diagnosed that I was suffering with Typhoid. My father will
sit at the corner of my bed and he will pray to God with tears for my healing. Continuously
for two weeks I was sick. My father could not see me suffering like that. As he
prayed for my recovery, he felt that he has to stop watching movies. So he told
in prayer that if God heals me immediately he will never watch movie again.
God heard his prayer and healed me
immediately and my dad stopped watching movies from that day onwards. There
were times he got life taking diseases. But he used to say that he want to live
because if he dies there won’t be any one to take care of me as he take care of
me. God is so gracious that He always answered our prayers and tears. By the
grace of Jesus Christ, my father is still alive and he is in a healthy state at
the age of 61.
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| Dad, I can say that you are the best dad one can ever have. I want God to give you much more years to live so that I can be with you for I love you lots. |
I can tell you so many things that
my father did to me throughout these 28 years. Now I am married and still he
loves me with the same love. His love upon me had never changed. Before I get
married, he used to tell me like this: “I am waiting for the day God brings my
mother to me”. He had a strong belief that I am like his daddy and so my wife
will be like a mother to him. Such was his love upon me. Thanks to Lord for He
enabled my wife to get adapt with my father’s behavior so easily.
Truly my dad loves me so madly and he can’t
bear my sadness at all. Whenever I cried, he used to shed tears and pray for
me. He always says to me: “Do not cry dad. As long as I am alive I will provide
you the desires of your heart and I will provide what is good to you. You
should not cry as long as I am alive.”
My dear young friends, if an earthly
father can love his son this much, how much more your Heavenly Father will love
you. Lord is your Heavenly Father and whatever you ask in the name of Jesus
Christ will be given to you. As He promised you will be blessed richly with His
blessings which will bring good to you. Never ever think that you have no one
to love you truly. Jesus Christ loves you so much. He is still working in you. Do
not lose hope for your Heavenly Father is your creator and He will never leave
you nor forsake you.
I want you to know that there were
times my loving father corrected me in a tough way. I still remember one
incident in which he had beat me severely. At that time it was hard but now
when I look back the way he corrected me brought so many changes in my life.
What is the reason for which I was
beaten by my father? What change it has brought in my life?
...................... To be continued in GHG - 9
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