Another Piece of the Puzzle
“I finally let Jesus be enough for me,” Dara says. “I was busy touring when my very Italian father began making the most random comments. He’d say, ‘I met this kid. Amazing heart. Really loves the Lord. Good looking.’
“The ‘kid’s’ name was Donnie Petty, and God put it on my dad’s heart for us to meet. After our first date to the zoo, we were eating gelato when I showed Donnie my “what home looks like” board on Pinterest. It had pictures of art and things that inspire me. I showed him one of my favorites: a fabulous watercolor painting of a world map.”
Dara celebrated her birthday that week, and a few days later Donnie showed up with a scroll. “I got you a birthday present,” he said.
That’s weird, Dara thought. We hardly know one another.
“Donnie unrolled a massive watercolor painting of a world map!” Dara says. “He’d commissioned someone to paint it for me! He had my attention.”
Not long after that Dara received a call from Courtney Copeland, the granddaughter of Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, inviting her to do worship for her upcoming Reaction Tour to Kampala, Uganda.
“I knew it was the vision the Lord had shown me as a child.
“Courtney was also looking for strong Christian men who excelled in sports, and she asked Donnie to join the team,” Dara says. “Four months before we left for Africa, the Lord told me that Donnie was the man He had for me. During that trip, Donnie and I were so busy we didn’t see much of each other and were never alone. Then on our last day in Uganda, we finally got to spend some time together. We were shopping for souvenirs when we got caught in a sudden downpour, laughing and running for cover. As we reached my bungalow, Donnie took my hands and shared his heart. Going down on one knee, he asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.”
Dara agreed, and on May 11, 2013, after the release of her third album, "Wanted," she and Donnie said, “I do.”
“I’m so glad that my dad insisted we live in an environment of faith,” Dara says. “Being Partners with KCM and growing up in Superkid Academy meant life to me. If you don’t know about God’s character and how to operate in faith and grace, how can you attain His promises?”
Today, Dara Maclean Petty is still living off the revelation she received in May 2009, when she penned the words to her song, 'Free.' That song was the biggest single on her album, "You Got My Attention."
God still has Dara’s undivided attention, and she is still living free. Free from doubt. Free from fear of failure. Free from limitations. V
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