The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Micah 6:8, “He has told you, O man, what is good;

And what does the LORD require of you

But to do justice, to love kindness,

And to walk humbly with your God?”

After a wonderful time with family and friends, today’s news tells of yet another

shooting –another senseless killing in what is called our “civilized world.” It brings

to mind the title of Dr. Frances Schaeffer’s book, HOW SHALL WE THEN LIVE?

The prophet Micah lived in troubled times, too. He was concerned for his people.

His word for them was not clouded with humanistic answers of political origin; he

simply reminded them of the LORD and His Word.

What the LORD’s Word was for Israel is what the LORD’s Word is for us today.

“He has told you…what is good”; and His requirement has not varied throughout

the ages. We are to live justly. It’s so easy to respond to evil with evil. But evil is

never from the LORD! Oh, He allows evil’s existence in the outworking of His

divine plan; but it never has its origin in Him. No, retaliation in kind is not the

answer. And justice is never achieved through evil retaliation.

Also, we are to “love kindness.” I can almost feel the education of those willow

switches my mother used on me! Viewed at the time as horrible, they were just

and they were loving. True kindness was in her heart, as was that of her father

when he administered the same to her in her childhood. And so it was and is of

the LORD. The administering of justice must always be applied with love and

kindness. Human society must rid itself of evil without becoming the evil it seeks

to supress.

Finally, we are to “walk humbly with our God.” I’ll show you! is never to be

our motivation in supressing evil. We overcome evil with good. We acknowledge

the just and loving Hand of God guiding and empowering us against evil; thus,

its supression is always His, not ours! He will deliver us from evil is our assurance

of escaping the evil in our world. For if He is our King and we are His subjects,

the responsibility of justice and love lies with Him. Our responsibility is live humbly

and faithfully before Him, sharing His Good News of salvation in Jesus Christ!

We remember you faithfully 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.”