The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Acts 27:10-11, “…’Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be attended with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.’ 11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship, than by what was being said by Paul.”

I was talking with a former military pilot yesterday at church. “Do you miss flying?” I asked.

“No,” he said, “only when I hear a plane flying overhead.” We both laughed. Then I asked

him if he would feel competent to fly with a younger, experienced pilot. He thought so, if

the pilot would simply allow him to “get the feel” of an airplane again. My question to you

is: Who would you trust –an out-of-date military pilot, or a younger, competent pilot, who

is flying regularly?

The centurion was a soldier, but he knew nothing about piloting or commanding a ship.

Paul was a preacher, an evangelist. What could he possibly know about piloting a ship?

Funny, when Jonah was onboard a ship, running from God, the sailors ultimately looked

to Jonah and his God for guidance. But they tried other things first. Have you not noticed

that when real tragedy strikes, people cry out to God? Why, then, would they not listen

to what God’s representatives have to share from Him? People are a strange lot. The

centurion was strange, too. But, at the end of this storm, they were all listening to Paul.

Why didn’t they listen to him before the storm? Let all of that resonate with your life.

Love and prayers always,

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.”