The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 8:22-35, “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.

23 “From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

24 “When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.

25 “Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth;

26 While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

27 “When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

28 When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,

29 When He set for the sea its boundary, So that the water should not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

30 Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,

31 Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men.

32 “Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.

33 “Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.

34 “Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.

35 “For he who finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD.”

This is a long passage; but to address it, it seemed necessary to share the whole thing.

Personification is attributing human characteristics (seeing, walking, etc.) to things that are

not human. This passage does just that. It is Wisdom “dressed up” in human clothing.

Wisdom was with God before He created the Earth, the planets, the skies, water, and dust. I will

leave it to you to read this Scripture carefully. Just think of Wisdom as being the voice that is

speaking. Then from verses 32 through 35, Wisdom gives specific instruction to us! “Listen

to me”; “keep my ways”; “heed instruction”; “watch”; “wait.” “For he who finds me finds life, and

obtains favor from the LORD.” Don’t ever believe that what you think is right is truly right. Only

the Word of God is right. And it is absolutely right! The LORD has given us His Word in such

clarity of language (Greek), that it is virtually impossible to misunderstand it, unless we (and

those who teach us) neglect to read, absorb, and live it out in our daily lives. As Isaiah says,

“Seek from the book of the LORD, and read…” (34:16). Do it daily for spiritual wisdom just as

you eat daily for physical strength.

We love you and continue daily to pray for you all,

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.”