My Promise to Lil Will

I promise our son before he left that I would fulfill the mission God gave to me. When I was in the fourth grade we had to draw a picture on career day of what we wanted to be when we grew up. I drew a pastor. So I have known for a long time what my assignment was but I was too scared to walk in it. In 1990 while in Iraq I came to a realization. I guess a crisis will do that :) Anyway, this was a time in my life I decided to be more dedicated to the Lord. I decided to take our relationship more serious. Since then I have had more heartaches, more disappointments, more fears, and more failures than I have had previously before I took our relationship serious but at the same time I have had more victories, more joy, and more accomplishments. I shared with my wife either before we got married or shortly after, that there would be something major that would test the authencity of our relationship. For that moment Lil Will was the test. Not only did it test the authencity of our relationship to each other but the authencity of our relationship with our heavenly Father. Things could have went south real quick if it was not for God's committment to us. I feared having a relationship with Will because I knew the possibility of him leaving us but the Lord would not allow me to live in fear and hold back a genuine love for our son. So I say to the men who may read this. The authencity of your heart and commitment will be tested. The first relationship that will always be tested is your relationship with the Father from which all other relationships will grow or wither. I promised our son I would be obedient to our Father and fulfill the call. What have you promised? What do you need to fulfill?