Defining Moment

Dear Petra,
There are times in life when you have a defining moment. I have had many in my life:
1.the day Jesus saved my soul.
2. the day I surrendered my life to Jesus' Lordship in Sanctification, being set apart for His purposes...
3. The day i was filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of praying in the Spirit, "tongues".
4. The day i experienced God's special calling on my life, confirming that He was calling me into full time ministry.
5. The day i asked your mommy out and held her hand for the first time, deciding that her spirituality, faith, beliefs, priorities, and friendship was what attracted me and was more important to me, more than the typical stuff boys look for...
6. the day i married your mommy, Dec. 28, 1996. the happiest day of my life.
7. the week i found out we were pregnant with you! I would be an ignorant and immature dad who did not know the full extent of how much i should appreciate the miracle of you and the time i should treasure every second spent with you...
8. the day we became the Pastor of Higher Ground P H Church.
9. June 3rd, Thursday of 2010. when your mommy told me she had taken enough and no longer wanted to be married to me (seperation at this point). This scared my backsliding self to my knees! a wake up call! I saw the Lord high and lifted up, seated on the throne, i cried out for forgiveness from God as a man with unclean lips. I knelt at an alter at Kenly COG campmeeting and God said: "I who have called you Am faithful". Here I am Lord, send me was my response again, finally.

Now Here I am. Rebuilding my life, seeing the Lord, returning to my First Love, Jesus, and seeing things about myself that i never knew and allowing God to change or shape them.
I now treasure you more than any human being on earth! I am determined to be the best Daddy on earth to you! I am learning to receive the reality that God is enough, even if my family is never together again. That I can move on and be annointed blessed, and have a better ministry than ever! God is able! I cant wait being apart of your life and seeing you choose Christ. I have Faith that you will see Him too! Just like mommy and daddy have and your Grandma and granddaddy have and did!
These defining moments have all influenced me for the better and have all been blessings over all, despite some of them coming with great pain. God is able, letting His Grace be sufficeint through all that life brings (even in our own choice failures), He is able to bring us forward, becoming more like Him! Marriage is definitly about holiness more than happiness. please never forget that! God's plan is sovereign, even when we do not get what we want! Trust the Lord, in Him you can not fail overall! He turns even your screw ups into miracles!
Allow your defining moments to always be filled with the knowledge that God is sovereign in them no matter what, so allowing them to take you from Glory to Glory in God! His grace is sufficeint! Dont just see this, or quote this, RECEIVE this!
I love you with all my heart and remember, Petra Sky Bryan, God is always enough.
- Daddy