if i were a painter…

I was having a bible study with my home group today. We were discussing 1 Corinthians 9 in which Paul says that ministers of God e.g. apostles, pastors deserve their wages because they are doing God’s work.

But Paul was an amazing guy; though he said all this, he himself didn’t take any wage from the church, but worked to support himself.

This made me think of my dad. He founded a church when I was young, pastored full-time (and still does), yet worked full-time as a university lecturer to support the wife and 5 kids. And he did it all passionately. I think he did a good job of bringing up the kids too.. I mean, look at me

Pastoring is already a full-time job - preaching, taking care of people, maintaining a close walk with God.. what more working as a university lecturer AND having 5 lively kids at home! To be fair, he pretty much let us run wild.. but we somehow knew our limits.. he must’ve prayed really hard for us!! Also, we have a good mother. Very important, that.

I know he’s definitely not perfect, but all in all, I think I have an amazing dad! Love you papa… thanks for everything. You rock my world. I’m still waiting for someone as amazing (or better still, even more) to sweep me off my feet.

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