Ephraim's 4th Birthday!

Today is Ephraim's 4th Birthday! He was born October 20, 2004 at 7:22pm. It was a Wednesday, I remember because the youth group met for Bible Study that night and our friend Sean led in my absence. He also brought them to see us at the hospital.

As we did when Carson was born, We gave Ephraim a "birth verse". His verse was Matthew 5:16 - "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven." From the very beginning Ephraim has lived out this verse as his heart condition was used to shine Christ's light to all we encountered.

Yesterday, we could hear Ephraim singing "there is a miracle in my heart". He was singing his version of a song we sang at church that morning. The words are actually "work a miracle in my heart". Either way, Ephraim knows that God did work a miracle in his heart. Not only in his two surgeries, but in his love for Jesus. We are blessed to have boys that have responded at such an early age to God's love for them.

Happy Birthday Ephraim! God loves you and so do we!