The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 6:39, “And this is the will of Him who sent Me,

that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing…”

Have you ever been lost? Well, I have, and a number of times. I’ve always had a pretty good sense of

direction, but I can remember being lost at night in a car in what I would call “foreign territory.” Scheduled

to preach at a church where I had never been, a friend offered to ride with me and show me the way. I

arrived on time at his house only to be told that he was not able to go. “Just take that road,” he said, “and

you’ll come right to it.” What else could I do? I was lost before I started. Add to that, it was raining! Eventually,

I arrived at the church, but not before being lost several times en route.

So much for directional lostness. Have you ever lost your courage? or your resources? or your thoughts?

or your friend? Yes, I plead guilty to each of the above. It’s hard to differentiate between the value of these

losses. Each has its own value. Where they congeal is in the person of our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ.

He is the one who rescues us from all our losses. Our verse above confirms it. It is His will that nothing He

has given us will be lost! Count on it! Believe me when I say that everything I once thought was a loss, He

turned into a gain. Trusting Him is a “win-win” situation! It’s hard at the time. It seems impossible to turn it

around. But, that’s what He does. He wants us to be dependent on Him and on Him alone!

In a final analysis, the losses we encounter in life just may be allowed in order that we might learn to

depend solely on Him. Yes, we’re human and sometimes our emotions are raw. But “all things are working

together for our good” when they work for His glory. It all becomes a matter of faith. David recommends

faith when he says, “I have been young, and now I am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken…”

(Ps. 37:25).

You are remembered in our daily prayers,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”