The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 4:20-27, “My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your sight; keep them in the midst of your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them and health to all their body.
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth and put devious speech far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly ahead and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
26 Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established.
27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; turn your foot from evil.”

How often we are warned! –often by parents, sometimes by close friends, sometimes by pastors. Yet, we stumble, thinking we are our own best informative. We listen to what we want to hear, until it is too late.

Solomon warned his son to listen carefully to his counsel. Keep a good focus on what he taught. Let your life feed on his truth and you will be healthy. Resist perverted and devious speech. It will lead you astray. Keep your eyes focused clearly on truth; and watch with care the direction of your travel. Keep yourself from all evil. This was Solomon’s instruction.

We have so much information surrounding us these days. It’s easy to believe what we read; but such information is not always true. What one person reads is often repeated again and again. Yet, multiple repetitions of wrong never makes anything right or true.

Let me recommend the Bible! From Genesis to Revelation it is all true! Why would anyone believe the words of a man in deference to the Word of God? Sometimes people simply believe what they want to believe; never mind the consequences. But, that’s a slippery slope. Solomon also warned: “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Prov. 16:25).

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6). You can trust God’s Holy Word!

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