The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 51:1-4, “Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.

4 Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done what is evil in Thy sight, So that Thou art justified when Thou dost speak, And blameless when Thou dost judge.”

When a man who is guilty of a crime goes before a judge, it is in his best interest to plead for mercy.

David was King of Israel, but he found himself before the Supreme Judge, the LORD God Almighty!

David had committed adultery with another man’s wife and she became pregnant. In order to cover his sin, David committed another sin: he ordered her husband to be killed. Then he married the woman. But what David had done was abhorent in the sight of the LORD!

All David could do was plead for mercy. He sought to honor the LORD by noting “the greatness of His compassion.” Further, he cried out for the LORD to “blot out (his) trangressions,” to “wash (him) thoroughly from (his) iniquity, and cleanse (him) from (his) sin.” Nothing David could do apart from begging the Supreme Judge for forgiveness. He could not forgive himself; he could not wipe the thought of his sin from his own mind, saying “…my sin is ever before me.”

Then David added something strange to his prayer. He said, “Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, and done what is evil in Thy sight.” David knew from the very start that what he had thought when he looked at the woman was sinful. He knew his thought of having her husband killed was evil, too. Yet he said, “Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned.” Think about that. Whatever we do that is wrong, sinful, evil against someone else, we have first sinned against the LORD because He is our LORD! Yes, the sin we say or do is against that person, too. But the doing of that act was first conceived in the mind. And there it was committed against God!

In the end, David admitted that whatever the LORD determined to do to him was justified. He was guilty. Here on Earth, men are often brought before unjust judges. But unconfessed sin will one day

require the LORD’s own judgment. We will stand before Him and give an account. Better get forgiveness from Him today. It will ease your mind so that you may be at peace.

Our prayers are for you and for ourselves, as well,

Nana & Dado III

(Rose Marie & Gene)

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.”