It’s a real blessing being in a relationship with a kind, caring, and loving Father. It has revealed to me who I am and how special I am to Him.
At a young age, my classmates at school would tease me about the structure of my head and the arrangement of my teeth. They would say comments like, “You have a fish head” or “If you are closing your mouth, then why is it that I can see your tooth between your lips”.
This put me down and made me wonder why I was created with such ugly features. I even went ahead and suggested to my earthly father, “Daddy, I think I need braces because people are saying my teeth are sticking out”. He then tried consoling me saying,” Your teeth are fine, you don’t need braces”.
And I was immediately convinced that he was right, but it was not enough to make me feel fully satisfied with myself.
During those years, I didn’t know God the way I do now and I must confess, He is one of the best people to have a close connection with.
When I started building a relationship with God, He revealed to me through His word that I’m fearfully and wonderfully made. I should be proud of every feature I have because I’m another one of His marvelous works (Psalm 139:13-14). This made me fully satisfied with myself.
Ever since then, I know that I was created in a special way which makes me feel more confident about myself and my appearance.
As I conclude, I want to thank God for creating me with my “imperfections” and for the relationship I have with Him. I hope to draw closer to Him so I can receive more wonderful blessings Your truly Pauline
My father is the number one mortal man. I honestly could never ask for another. God choose him specifically for my siblings and me. He has been apart of life since I was born on 24th October. I can’t say that I know exactly how involved he was on that memorable day but one thing I can say was the very exciting fact that he named me after his mother, the late Angom Pauline.
He has been involved in all aspects of my life, financially, academically, spiritually, socially, economically, most importantly he was present.
In school, I was part of arts & M.D.D clubs, my papa knew it and he encouraged me to follow my dreams supporting me physically being present and financially were need be.
I sing both at church and social gatherings. My father has attended most of my church concerts. When he doesn’t attend he makes sure my siblings are present to show support. He’ll provide transportation for them so that no excuses are made. He knows I love my music and that I write songs. There was this one time I wrote a song in English called ‘Dew of Heaven’ and I wanted the bridge to be in my mother tongue I asked him to translate for me the bridge to Acoli since I, unfortunately, can’t speak my mother tongue let alone write songs in it. After his hectic day from work, we sat down and wrote the song together. I eventually went to the studio to produce the song and now I love it so much because I got insight from my old man. He loves music too and he is a singer himself so you can imagine my siblings and I deeply bonding musically. Mostly my sisters because we all sing. He is the perfect tenor.
Mary,
My sweet dad has always been a devoted father to us and we shall forever be grateful for that. Growing up my dad was always in and out of the country because of his kind of job. Every time he was around we made it count as a family went for vacations or a safari trip with him and it was memorable. My dad has been a hard-working man of honor and he’s been awarded for it and as a daughter, I have looked up to him for his character. Now that l am all grown l treasure those day l spent with him and remember this particular time l was about 15years old my dad was teaching how to drive and the drama it came with was funny. I saw a girl lady pass us by and the look in eyes was sad like she missed something. I remember we said hello to her and she replied her a smile. I will never forget that stop and stare look l saw in her eyes to this day. She must have missed her dad too. Every moment I spend with my dad is special because of my friend and confidant. Can you imagine he still gives me money at my age 30yrs old and l can take of myself but he still treats me like his baby girl? I can’t thank him enough for setting such a great example of a father. My father has been such a role model to my older brothers too they have become fathers too and l see my father in them it makes me proud of him. Dad thank you for loving and believing in me. l am what lam because of you great influence of my life l honor you.
The journey to growth. 