The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 119:73-77, “Thy hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.

74 May those who fear Thee see me and be glad, Because I wait for Thy word.

75 I know, O LORD, that Thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me.

76 O may Thy lovingkindness comfort me, According to Thy word to Thy servant.

77 May Thy compassion come to me that I may live, For Thy law is my delight.”

When we really come to know the LORD, we begin to understand that He alone is the recipient of all glory. We are alive because He intended it that way. He fashioned (appointed) us to be “to the praise of His glory” (Eph. 1:12).

Evangelism (the telling of the Good News of salvation) begins with those who “fear (stand in awe of [Him]” and and see Him in us. Christianity is comprised of faith in Jesus Christ; and the indwelling Holy Spirit manifests a change in us that causes others to see Him. We are not to be like others, even others who claim to know Him. We are to be like HIM!

His judgments (arrangements, plans) area always righteous (right, just). Even when we are afflicted (oppressed, violated), He is faithful in what He allows. Then He comforts us with His Love and perfection. And when we look back and see it all, we learn that while we were benefited by His hand, it was all intended to be “to the praise of His glory.”

Our comfort is the result of His loving kindness that we may say with the psalmist, “May Thy compassion come to me that I may live, for Thy law is my delight.”

May the LORD bless and use you “to the praise of His glory,”

Nana & Dado III

(Rose Marie & Gene)

P. S. Rose Marie is gaining strength daily! And for that (among many other things) we

Praise the LORD! We thank you for your earnest prayers for her. She faces yet

another surgery in the days ahead. Please pray for her strength. Thankfully, she

is not in any pain; she’s just weak.

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.”