The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 37:25, “I have been young, and now I am old;

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Or his

descendants begging bread.”

I awoke early this morning with this verse ringing

in my head. It’s like a glass of cold water overflowing

with truth.

For many years now, I’ve been researching my family.

And what is true in my own life, has been true in the

lives of many who lived before me: the righteous ones

have never been forsaken. Rose Marie’s family was

very poor. Mine was certainly not wealthy; yet, we

both survived by the grace of God. You see, the

righteousness was not ours; it was the LORD’s! He

saved us and set our feet on “right paths,” and gave

us strength and direction to follow Him. He did it all!

Yes, it’s true that we sought to be what He saved us

to be, but even that was due to His grace!

I remember putting the last dollar I had into gasoline

to get to a preaching assignment. The LORD responded

with a generous offering that enabled me to get back

home. I occasionally had churches who said, “We will

send you a check.” Thus, I never had assurance of receiving

what I needed immediately. I was forced to trust the LORD

to meet that need.

When we landed in Sydney, everything was by faith.

What little money we had went for food and school

uniforms for the kids. Then came a check in the mail –

from an attorney I had previously met, but forgotten.

Again, we were neither “forsaken” nor “begging bread.”

The LORD spoke to Elijah saying, “…it shall be that you

shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens

to provide for you there.” So he went and did according to

the word of the LORD…, And the ravens brought him bread

and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening,

and he would drink from the brook” (I Kings 17:4-6).

Life is most enjoyable when lived by faith. It’s like opening

a new package every morning. You don’t know what’s in

it, but you know it’s going to be good because it’s a gift from

the LORD!

You are loved and in our prayers every day,

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.”