The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Isaiah 12:2-4, “’Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid;

For the LORD God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.’

3 “Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation.

4 “And in that day you will say, ‘Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name.

Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name

is exalted.’”

Repetition is not always bad. As children, we had to be told things over and over and over,

until what we were told had been learned, engrained deeply within us. Had our parents not

drilled us on important matters, we would not be remembering them now.

Isaiah was one of the chief prophets in Israel, and he again and again recalls that the LORD is his salvation and the Person in whom he puts his trust. None other. And because he trusts in the LORD, God alone is his strength. He sings joyously about the LORD.

Recall a time when you went on a long hike. You had run out of water and had grown intensely thirsty. Then suddenly, you came upon a small stream. How joyously it was to

have discovered this cool, refreshing water. That’s the picture Isaiah holds before us when speaks to us of what salvation brings. The salvation of the LORD is always refreshing. There are no situations, no conditions under which He cannot produce what we need.

What the LORD provides for us in our need is precisely what we make known to others. We are to make others remember that His Name is to be exalted. Therefore, we sing praises to Him daily and from the deep recesses of our hearts. Live daily in the Word of God! Spend time daily with Him in prayer. You will be refreshed by His presence. And you will have something to share with others. Praise the Name of the LORD!

Robert Browning was a poet. So was his wife, Elizabeth Barret Browning. But Elizabeth was weak and sickly. One day she said to him, “Robert, you are so strong and good. I am

but weak and sickly. Why do you stay with me?”

Robert replied, “Your weakness needs my strength; and my strength needs your weakness.”

So it is with us and God.

We need to pray for one another that God may be glorified,

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.”