Dad inspired me to be a pastor
Jun 07, 2009
FATHER'S Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad, a time for letting your Dad know how much you love him. Strengthen the ties that bind and make his day extra special with a message straight from your heart.
FATHER'S Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad, a time for letting your Dad know how much you love him. Strengthen the ties that bind and make his day extra special with a message straight from your heart.
It is a day to not only honour your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, or “big brothersâ€.
The day falls on the third Sunday of the month of June every year. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
Memories are so crucial in the life of a person. They either brighten or darken ambitions. They will always live on until eternity. The saying goes, like father like son.
Pastor Brian Kelly has an interesting story about his dad. Like any Christian father in America, his dad always took them to church on Sundays. Kelly never chose to do things his own way as long as he was still under his father’s roof.
His mother was always a diligent woman when it came to keeping the house in order. Her hands were always ready to pass on the food at the dining table and always kept time in every thing she did.
His dad was a good Christian father who was always faithful to his wife. Because of that the family had always had strong ties. Being the elder child in their home, the father expected him to be a reference point to his siblings.
His father was kind but not perfect. Because of the stubbornness that began to grow in Kelly’s life, his dad became angry with him.
One of the issues was coming back late in the night. Sometimes he would spend a night out and that brought concerns to his family.
As a man of God, his dad kept on teaching them Christian values and he always come to their level. He gave them most of his time and played like they did.
One of the greatest things his father helped them with was the school projects and sports.
As he grew up, Kelly decided to take his father’s footsteps. He is now the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Ministries.
He is married to one wife with three children just like his father.
“Most of the fathers do not have time for their families,†Kelly laments, “instead they focus on making money. Yes the demands have to be met but the balance has to remain.â€
Kelly strongly believes man was given a responsibility right from the beginning of creation. He was meant to be a guard, a guide and a governor. A guard, to protect and keep what was given to him.
A guide to show the way and see the life ahead, that is why men who never plan ahead end up failures in life. A governor, to have dominion and be able to take up responsibility.
When someone buys land, the first thing they do is to secure the plot and watch over it. A person who never protects and maintains his property runs into problems, ending up with regrets, so is every father that never protects and keeps his family in order.
“In many families, the father has no rights in a home. They cannot protect the family. Instead the children and wives do the protection.
“No child wants to be called son or daughter of a drunkard, no wife wants to tell their workmates that their husband is a thug.
But every kid wants their friends to know how their dad drives them to school every day and every wife wants their friends to know how they are married to superman.
“Shame comes to the family when the father loses value in a home. It becomes a home of rebels and wolves, a place where there are no morals.
The wife rebels against the father and the children against everyone. The family breaks up ending up in tragedies.
“A real father has to show the way to his family, he has to live as an example so that their may be a better tomorrow for those after him.
“The choices you make are crucial; if you choose to take the wrong path and make bad decisions, you will lead everybody astray.
“Picture someone in the dark, with his family trying to find the way. The only way a family like this finds courage is when the father holds their hands.
“The hands of a father are meant to hold and lead his family to a safe place. The memories of love and comfort will always remain. They flash back in times of joy and sorrow.
The child will always remember the beautiful songs you sang to them everyday. The times you rebuked and corrected them, the times you took them out for a “father and child dateâ€, the times you took them to church on Sundays, the times you carried them and told them how special they were to you.
Your wife will never forget the times you held her in your arms when she needed comfort.
“The choice is yours. Many people have misinterpreted the word dominion, it does not mean being a dictator in a home or elsewhere, but to have responsibility, to know your stand as a leader.
This kind of dominion does not come by violence but by wisdom. A wise man rules his home well, a good leader is never selfish but always considerate to others. Above all he must teach good values to his children.â€
As told to Patrick Mwesigwa
It is a day to not only honour your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as stepfathers, uncles, grandfathers, or “big brothersâ€.
The day falls on the third Sunday of the month of June every year. Roses are the Father’s Day flowers: red to be worn for a living father and white if the father has died.
Memories are so crucial in the life of a person. They either brighten or darken ambitions. They will always live on until eternity. The saying goes, like father like son.
Pastor Brian Kelly has an interesting story about his dad. Like any Christian father in America, his dad always took them to church on Sundays. Kelly never chose to do things his own way as long as he was still under his father’s roof.
His mother was always a diligent woman when it came to keeping the house in order. Her hands were always ready to pass on the food at the dining table and always kept time in every thing she did.
His dad was a good Christian father who was always faithful to his wife. Because of that the family had always had strong ties. Being the elder child in their home, the father expected him to be a reference point to his siblings.
His father was kind but not perfect. Because of the stubbornness that began to grow in Kelly’s life, his dad became angry with him.
One of the issues was coming back late in the night. Sometimes he would spend a night out and that brought concerns to his family.
As a man of God, his dad kept on teaching them Christian values and he always come to their level. He gave them most of his time and played like they did.
One of the greatest things his father helped them with was the school projects and sports.
As he grew up, Kelly decided to take his father’s footsteps. He is now the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Ministries.
He is married to one wife with three children just like his father.
“Most of the fathers do not have time for their families,†Kelly laments, “instead they focus on making money. Yes the demands have to be met but the balance has to remain.â€
Kelly strongly believes man was given a responsibility right from the beginning of creation. He was meant to be a guard, a guide and a governor. A guard, to protect and keep what was given to him.
A guide to show the way and see the life ahead, that is why men who never plan ahead end up failures in life. A governor, to have dominion and be able to take up responsibility.
When someone buys land, the first thing they do is to secure the plot and watch over it. A person who never protects and maintains his property runs into problems, ending up with regrets, so is every father that never protects and keeps his family in order.
“In many families, the father has no rights in a home. They cannot protect the family. Instead the children and wives do the protection.
“No child wants to be called son or daughter of a drunkard, no wife wants to tell their workmates that their husband is a thug.
But every kid wants their friends to know how their dad drives them to school every day and every wife wants their friends to know how they are married to superman.
“Shame comes to the family when the father loses value in a home. It becomes a home of rebels and wolves, a place where there are no morals.
The wife rebels against the father and the children against everyone. The family breaks up ending up in tragedies.
“A real father has to show the way to his family, he has to live as an example so that their may be a better tomorrow for those after him.
“The choices you make are crucial; if you choose to take the wrong path and make bad decisions, you will lead everybody astray.
“Picture someone in the dark, with his family trying to find the way. The only way a family like this finds courage is when the father holds their hands.
“The hands of a father are meant to hold and lead his family to a safe place. The memories of love and comfort will always remain. They flash back in times of joy and sorrow.
The child will always remember the beautiful songs you sang to them everyday. The times you rebuked and corrected them, the times you took them out for a “father and child dateâ€, the times you took them to church on Sundays, the times you carried them and told them how special they were to you.
Your wife will never forget the times you held her in your arms when she needed comfort.
“The choice is yours. Many people have misinterpreted the word dominion, it does not mean being a dictator in a home or elsewhere, but to have responsibility, to know your stand as a leader.
This kind of dominion does not come by violence but by wisdom. A wise man rules his home well, a good leader is never selfish but always considerate to others. Above all he must teach good values to his children.â€
As told to Patrick Mwesigwa