• May. 6, 2007
The fruit
It is so awesome to see the fruit. We are definitely reaping what we are sowing. Eli's (my 4yo) latest thing is whenever I say it is time to clean up the toys he says that he is tired so I have been giving him a choice to either clean up the toys or go to bed. He chose bed the first couple of times but then he was upset when he had to stay in bed. Today he said it again and Grant said, "Eli, remember the fruits of the spirit...do not become tired of doing good Galatians 6:9" He has been learning the fruits of the spirit and this past week he had just memorized the scripture for goodness. Eric and I both had to pick our jaws up off the ground because we were so surprised to see it come out in an everyday situation and then Eli started cleaning up! God is so faithful. I really believe that we are coming out of the hardest season. A family at our church has 7 boys and they said that three children at the ages that ours are at is the hardest stage. They keep encouraging us that it will get easier and easier. I feel so blessed by my boys. Every smile. Every laugh. Every hug. I cherish them all. I don't want to miss a single one.
Eric and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this week. It went by so fast. It still feels like yesterday when I met him. I have so many memories of the early years. I can happily say that I still get butterflies in my stomach when I see him. He is the love of my life. I couldn't have married anyone else.
This past fall when I was going through that weird depression Eric and I were talking and he was taking something to the garbage can in the garage and I was following him when all of a sudden I felt this overwhelming feeling of love. I had never felt anything like it. I literally almost fell down to the ground because it was so overwhelming. I prayed about it through the day because it was like nothing I had ever experienced. I thought that I was feeling how much love for Eric I had in my heart and God told me, "No Liberty, I was showing you how much Eric loves you." That blew me away. Those couple of months I kept thinking, "Why has he stayed with me the past year through this depression? I am not normal...I am not myself." I had told him that many times and his response to me was always the same, "It's easy Liberty because I love you." For the first time I got it. I will always be thankful to God for showing me how much Eric loves me because from that day forward I have never questioned Eric's love for me again. Now I just pray that Eric knows how much I love him.
