The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Galatians 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,

longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance:

against such there is no law.”

I’ve always loved grapefruit! When we lived in Florida, we had a

grapefruit tree that produced abundant, luscious grapefruit! We had

another tree that should have produced apples, but it lacked something

and never provided what it was intended to provide. ~ Paul says that

the Holy Spirit produces fruit through us! Love is the principle aspect.

From love comes joy; and joy brings peace. When we’re at peace, we

are patient; when we’re patient, we’re kind and good. We have trust

in the LORD and those who are His. We also exercise self-control.

If you examine all of these attributes carefully, you will see that they

are precisely the attributes exhibited in the life of Jesus Christ. Don’t

settle for just being a tree –be a productive, spiritual, loving “grapefruit”

tree that benefits everyone around you and glorifies Jesus!

We praise the LORD for each and every one of you,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas