The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 90:10-12, “As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years,

Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away.

11 Who understands the power of Thine anger, And Thy fury, according to the fear that is due Thee?

12 So teach us to number our days, That we may present to Thee a heart of wisdom.”

Kids do some foolish things. I know, because I was a kid once and I did some foolish things. When I read

this psalm, which I’ve often done, I remember asking the LORD (whom I did not personally know at the time)

to leave me a note on my chest of drawers, indicating the time I was going to die. I only remember one

pastor whom my parents thought was truly intelligent, but they all believed the Bible and they all belileved

in Hell. My best guess is that their witness from the pulpit got hold of my heart, so I was saved at seven

years old.

Now, as I read these verses, I am beyond the age of “due to strength.” Nevertheless, it has never occurred

to me to request a note from the LORD, regarding my tenure here on Earth. I am, however, well advised to

understand the power of the LORD’s anger and to avert it by yielding daily to His unbending will. Knowing

that His fury produces fear if I should willingly transgress His will, I am learning to obey.

The climatic verse is the last one: “…teach us to number our days.” How long does each of us have?

Our purpose in this life is to know Him and to demonstrate that through Him we possess “a heart of wisdom.”

Is that your goal in this life? It’s His will that it be your goal. And if it is, it’s proof that you have wisdom.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(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.”