In a Facebook post that has since gone viral, gospel star Kirk Franklin revealed Sunday that he recently connected with his terminally ill biologically father.
“Two days ago, I received an anonymous call that my biological father, who I never knew, has 3-6 months to live,” Franklin said as the caption of a photo with a photo of him kissing his father’s bald head. “I’ve lived my entire life hating this man. He and my biological mother gave me up for adoption, and it left me never feeling good enough….to this very day.”
“I took my hate for him and used it as fuel to be the best father I could be for my own,” the lengthy post continued. “But what I did wrong, is I never took that fuel, and turn it into forgiveness….and that is wrong. Wrong for him, me, and the God I proclaim to represent. How can I preach what I don’t practice? So, I flew to Houston yesterday to do that. It’s painful. It’s a process. But how disappointed I would be in myself for this man to leave this earth without being forgiven? He deserves to receive what God gives me every day. Pray for him, and for me. God this is hard…I weep as I write.”
Sources: People.com, Facebook.com, AJC.com, YouTube
