The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Isaiah 60:1-2, “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

2 “For behold, darkness will cover the earth, And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise

upon you, And His glory will appear upon you.”

Sleep means different things to different people. Hard work almost always calls for a sound sleep.

Sometimes, difficult and disturbing events – sheer mental exhaustion, things with which people

don’t want to deal—drives them to engage in sleep. For those surrounded by troubles for which

there is no foreseeable way out, they may go so far as to seek death, rather than to face them.

Isaiah foresees something better –much better! The entire passage is prophetic; still, it has a residual

meaning to each of us who knows the LORD. Don’t despair! Don’t get down in the dumps over

anything! Light –the LORD’s Light—is encompassing you! The LORD Himself is Light. And when

we recognize Him as our redeemer, there is not reason to wallow in despair, as in sleep.

To be sure, darkness falls upon us individually, just as it does upon the whole world. (Have you

read the News lately?) The darkness that pervades the Earth calls for sleep. Burying our heads

beneath our pillows, however, is no answer. “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in

trouble’ (Ps. 46:1 NAS). So, don’t allow darkness of any sort to deepen and deposit its gloom on you!

The Glory of the LORD awaits you this very day!

We love and pray for each of you every, single 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.”