The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ecclesiastes 10:10, “If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge,

then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.”

Solomon, author of Ecclesiastes, was the wisest man who ever lived, with the

Exception of Jesus Christ.

My paternal grandfather, whom I never knew, was a blacksmith. He worked

to keep the miners’ pick-points sharp, and had (in wisdom) perfected a means

of keeping them sharper longer. The sharper the pick, the less often a miner

would have to come to the surface to have it sharpened. Coming to the surface,

cost the miners time; and time was money. See how wisdom works?

Think wisely today. How could you better your life by using wisdom? How

does one acquire wisdom? “…if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,

who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him” (Jam 1:5).

All our love,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas