The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatever your hand finds to do, verily, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the afterlife) where you are going.”
Our world has experienced the ultimate dichotomy: Man, the paramount figure in God’s Creation has severed himself from Wisdom, the supremely Divine principle of all time.
?Take, for example, the man who hooked the bumper of his pickup to an Automatic Teller Machine. He was going to abscond with the machine and all its money. But as he sped away, the bumper ripped from the truck, leaving behind the license tag to be discovered by the police. They did.
?Then, there was a man who intended to rob a confectionary. He entered the store bare-faced. Then, after everyone had seen him, he donned a ski-mask and announced, “This is a ‘stickup!”
?Or take the girl who entered a convenience store under the pretext of asking for a job. She then robbed the store, discarding her resume as she left. Yes, you’re right; it contained her full name and address.
In the first edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), Noah Webster, who, incidentally, was a committed believer in Jesus Christ, defines “wisdom” as,
The right use or exercise of knowledge…. the knowledge and fear of God and sincere and uniform obedience to His commands. This is the wisdom which is from Above.
Yet, long, long before Webster, the wisest of all Old Testament saints said “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Pro 4:7). Add to wisdom and understanding the activity of your hands. That’s right! Do what you know to be right! Do it in faith; do it love; do it for the glory of our LORD Jesus Christ.
Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom