The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 8:28-30, “Jesus therefore said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.”

Do you know who you are? You may think that is a silly or even stupid question, but many people have no true knowledge of who they really are. The age old questions –Who am I? Why am I here? and Where am I going?—still reside in the innermost recesses of the human heart.

Jesus knew exactly who He was. He knew His mission from His Father; and He knew where He was going when His mission on Earth was completed. The result of this knowledge led Him to say, “I do nothing on My own initiative.” This is a heavy thought; and we do well to ponder it regarding ourselves. If you are truly a born-again (born from Above) believer in Jesus Christ, you are responsible to be and do what He wills for your life. Your thoughts and intentions, your strength, you time –everything! belongs to Him. You are no longer your own.

I can look back over the years of my own life and see where and how He has led me. I can also see the times when I strayed the the path of His will and did my own thing. I wasted time – time I cannot now reclaim. I wasted energy on things that I can now see didn’t really matter. The LORD has used Nana (Rose Marie) to teach me to live so as “not to have any regrets.” We can and must, of course, repent of our sins. The LORD can and will then forgive us; but, we cannot reclaim time we have wasted. Oh, that we all might say, “I do always those things that are pleasing to Him” — our Heavenly Father.

Don’t fail to notice the final verse above: “As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.” For as we live as He directs us, many will come to believe in Him, also. That’s His will for us; and it must be our will for ourselves. May His Spirit ever and always urge us to obey Him.

We daily remember you before Him in our 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.”