Life is too short and complicated to hold grudges.

Over the weekend, the Grammy-award winning gospel artist posted a picture of himself and his biological father. In a lengthy caption, Franklin detailed learning his dad has no more than six months to live and after harboring years of resentment towards him for putting him up for adoption, he now chooses to forgive.

“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,” 48-year-old Franklin captioned.

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So….. Two days ago, I received an anonymous call that my biological father, who I never knew, has 3-6 months to live. 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. 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 everyday. Pray for him, and for me. God this is hard…I weep as I write.

A post shared by Kirk Franklin (@kirkfranklin) on Sep 16, 2018 at 7:11am PDT