The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 84:11-12, “For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He

withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts,

How blessed is the man who trusts in Thee!”

In ancient times, many peoples looked upon the sun as

a god. Nowhere in Scripture, however, is the sun ever

spoken of as a god. Ellicott approaches these verses in

the most glorious manner: “As the sun opens the gates

of day, floods the world with light, gives it without stint

to palace or cottage, to peasant and prince, and enables

us to discern a thousand pleasing objects, so God shines

into our lives and gives us power to see a thousand moral

glories. The secret of seeing is not in us. God is the great

revealer. We are the organs favored with the holy visions.

We can see only what He is pleased to show us. But He is

not slow to reveal Himself to our understanding, nor is the

light inadequate. No nook or corner of our being need go

unirradiated. If we open the life to God as we open the eye

to the sun, we shall no longer be children of the darkness.

‘For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,

hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge

of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ’” (2Cor. 4:6).

May the LORD bless you by revealing what you need to

know and give you strength to believe and courage to share

it with those whom He desires to save.

Love and prayers always to you whom we cherish,

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.”