The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 90:10, 12, “As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,

Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;

For soon it is gone and we fly away…

12 So teach us to number our days, That we may apply our hearts

unto wisdom.”

Did you ever think that you were wasting away your very life?

I never ever thought of life that way until I reached my current age.

As you get older, you will look back upon your life. You will think

more intelligently. You will evaluate time more importantly. The

problem is: time has slipped by; and those things that you once

thought were so important make you laugh at how stupid you

were to once value them.

There is, I guess, some comfort in knowing that I was not

the only one who valued silly things. Still, they were foolish

things and the opportunity to redeem the time has long passed.

The psalmist looked back over his life and undoubtedly saw

Mistakes he had made. The wisdom he possesses in his old

age, he now passes on to us for consideration: “Teach us

to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto

wisdom.”

Robert Dick Wilson looked at the lives of his ancestors and

estimated how many days he had to live. He then divided the

time into learning, application, and writing. He studied biblical

languages, what they truly meant in Scripture, and then wrote

down what he had learned. His plan was wise; his life was

full; his words were left to inspire those who would follow him.

What are you doing with your life?

We continue to pray for each of you,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”