The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 1:6-10, “A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
9 Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head and ornaments about your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.”

If I have used these verses in a prior Letter, it is because my parents used them on me again and again. I think it was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmons) who said, “All that I am and ever hope to be, I owe to my darling mother.”

With the exception of Jesus Christ, Solomon, reputably the wisest man who ever lived, said, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” Yet, before the LORD was understood to be a child’s primary instructor, Solomon cited a child’s father and mother as designated instructors.

A wreath was placed on the winner’s head, indicating that he had accomplished what the contest demanded. Thus, a child received a spiritual wreath when he had learned the practical lessons of truth his mother and father had taught him.

The primary question to this generation is: Have you learned those positive truths your parents have taught you? It’s a question that requires the leverage of your parents. It is also a question that requires achievement on your part. What have your parents taught you? Are you following their “right-path” instructions?

There are enemies who want more than anything to take away from you the understanding your parents have sought to impant within you. Enemies want to rid you of honesty, truth and all good things you have learned. Defeat your enemies by yielding to the LORD, embracing His truths, and sharing them with others. Thus, when sinners entice you to do evil,
just do not consent! The first refusal is the hardest. It gets easier the further you go with it. May the LORD
help you always.

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