The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 32:1-5, “How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,

Whose sin is covered! 2 How blessed is the man to whom the LORD

does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my

groaning all day long. 4 For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me;

My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said,

‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD’; And Thou didst forgive

the guilt of my sin. Selah.”

Have you ever engaged in something for which you felt guilty? It drove

you wildly inside yourself until it was confessed and forgiven. David,

the author of this Psalm, had committed adultery and murder, which

led to a cover-up of both. And for a whole year the LORD had held

him in condemnation. He was a prisoner of his sin. And those sins worked

on him inwardly until he could hardly stand it. One author says of this,

“He who does not in confession pour out all his corruption before God,

only tortures himself until he unburdens himself of his secret curse.”

Our flesh, however, seeks to cover up our sins; still, the more David

resisted confessing, the louder his conscience spoke; and while it was

not in his power to silence this inward voice, for it was the wrath of God

speaking, he cried the whole day for help. But while his heart was still

not broken, he kept crying, but received no answer. He cried profusely

because God’s punishment pressed heavily upon him day and night. David

felt the weight of the LORD’s divine wrath. He had no rest. Further, a fire

burned within him which threatened completely to devour him. Ever had

an experience like that? If you have, you understand David’s dilemma. If

you haven’t, thank the LORD and stay out of sin’s pitfalls. They look

exciting and delicious, but they are the pitfalls of sorrow and destruction.

In the end, David surrendered. “I will confess my transgressions to the

LORD,” he said; and the LORD forgave the guilt of his sin. The word Selah

means: Stop and think and consider all of this. We would all do well to

do that very thing.

Our Love and Prayers for you continue daily,

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.”