The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Genesis 1:1-4. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.

3 Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.

4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

5 And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.”

It’s fun to see things made. There’s a television program (How Things Are Made) that shows the process whereby multiple things are finally brought to market. What’s different from the TV program and the verses above is that man

has to have some substance with which to start. God started with nothing! The word created is the Hebrew word

) ??????bara( , which means “create or ‘bring into being’ out of nothing.” It contradicts the Sound of Music song that says “Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could.”

Then there is the word “light” ???? (or). Whatever could we do without light? Light is so valuable to even the production of food and air that we could not exist without it. Yet, darkness, ) ??????choshek( too, is valuable in that it offers us a time for rest. The LORD God then named light day ) ????yom(, and darkness night ????? (layil). He separated () ??????badal(

them and called them both “one day.” How Things Are Made could never match a fete like that!

Now, taking all of this into account, tell me something God cannot do! So, when you are up against the wall and just see no way out, remember what the Bible says about how God created all things –created them out of nothing! “Then, why does He not cure all the sick, stop all of the wars, and turn this world back into what He originally made it –a quiet, peaceful place?,” you ask. Can you believe that He has a plan to do just that? His plan has a time schedule that is known only to Him. The Apostle Paul speaks of “the fulness of the time” (Gal.4:4). God has a specific time for everything. We do not know His timing, and we could not control it if we did. We are only to live as He desires. And when the time is right, He will make all things known to us. It’s called patience.

We love and 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.”