The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 15:12-15, “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

14 “You are My friends, if you do what I command you.

15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have

called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”

Rose Marie and I attended an engagement party last night. Returning home, our discussion turned

quite naturally toward the new people we had met. We called them “friends.” To be sure, they were

most gracious and respectful in every conceivable way.

Adversity often tests “friendship.” It’s easy to love those who love us. But what about those who don’t?

Solomon said, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity” (Pro. 17:17). True friends

stand up for each other when they encounter trouble. Friendship does not require that two or more people

have to agree on every point about everything; but there is sufficient basis of agreement that they support

each other when the going gets rough.

There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus,

No, not one! no, not one!

None else could heal all our soul’s diseases;

No, not one! no, not one!

Jesus knows all about our struggles;
He will guide ’til the day is done:
There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:
No, not one! no, not one!

Over the span of our lifetimes, we have met many people from all over the Earth.

Some were notable; some were not. Some were companionable; some were not.

Some are friends; some, unfortunately, are not. But, truth be told, none come

close to the warm, dependable, day-by-day friendship of our LORD Jesus. You

know the warm comfort of His friendship. Do those you call “friends” know Him?

Telling others about Jesus is a proof of your friendship with Him. Maybe you

could start a conversation about Him by using the attachment to this email.

We remember you daily in our prayers, and covet your prayers for us,

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.”