The Grands Letter (GLJ)

on December 18, 2017 7:09 am (CST)
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Dear Grands,

Romans 13:8-14, “Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For this, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. 11 And this do, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. 12 The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

13 Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.”

How do you define ”love”? Does “love” have different meanings? Does the definition

depend upon the object of “love”? To put it another way, does “I love apple pie” mean

the same as “I love animals”? or “I love basketball”? The Greeks had four separate

words for “love.” English has only one word for it, but the meaning is mentally defined

by the usage.

Have you ever noticed that adultery, murder, theft and covetousness are all mental

sins before they are physical? Love, too, is an attitude before it is an action. Do you

ever send money to a missionary? Have you considered that as an act of love before

it was an act of giving? You become what you think. The control of the mind determines

the kind of person you are. But, how do we control our thinking? We control it first by

thinking on Jesus! When He is first and foremost in our thinking (What would Jesus do?),

then our thoughts and actions align with Him. Maybe –just maybe—that’s why He gave

us the Bible. Humm…

We love you truly, and mentally hold you 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.”

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