The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 4:1-6, “Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,

And give attention that you may gain understanding,

2 For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

4 Then he taught me and said to me, ‘Let your heart hold fast my words;

Keep my commandments and live; 5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!

Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

6 Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.’”

It is obvious to all who will think, that a child is given to parents,

just as parents are given to a child. The parents love the child,

and the child learns to love the parents. Parents that behave

as the LORD intends, are by their very behavior training the

child, who will someday become a parent.

I understand how Solomon looks back on his childhood. He

draws wisdom from the sound teaching and instruction he

received from his father. I find myself doing the same. As you

get older, you will more and more look back on what you learned

from your parents –even more, what you learned from the LORD

and His Word. Solomon in his own wisdom urges us to pay close

attention to the wisdom of the LORD. Pay attention! The only

protection and love you will ever have comes from the LORD.

On my grandfather’s gravestone are these words:

“I have taught you in the way of wisdom;

I have led you in right paths.”

I loved him dearly, just as we love 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.”