The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 94:17-19, “If the LORD had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

18 If I should say, ‘My foot has slipped,’ Thy lovingkindness,

O LORD, will hold me up. 19 When my anxious thoughts multiply

within me, Thy consolations delight my soul.”

Some days are dark all day long. There is no sunshine. There

is no joy, no delight –just depression. Darkness does that.

And that is the time when many turn to alcohol and drugs

in the effort to ward off depression. But, there is another

answer: the LORD! He is our help, our support. Sometimes

we stumble along the pathway of life and we cry out to Him.

He hears us because He loves us and He supports us, bringing

us out of our inward darkness. Sometimes “anxious thoughts”

are borne out of human emotion; sometimes they are planted

within our thinking by the adversary, the devil. He is often the

source of our insecurities. But the LORD’s consolations, His

comfort, brings sunshine into our inner selves.

I like Dr. Hull. He is our Primary Care Physician. He has an

excellent bedside manner. I’ve often told his nurses that

just hearing him say, “We going to fix that. You’re going to

be fine,” makes me feel better before the problem has even

been medically addressed. Confidence in him produces

sunshine. It drives away the anxieties! And He always talks

about the LORD. When we read the Bible every day and

pray, the LORD drives away anxiety. He is our Consolation!

We are remembering you daily in our prayers,

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.”