The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Jeremiah 14:7-11, “Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Your name’s sake! Truly, our apostasies have been many, we have sinned against You.
8 “O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?
9 “Why are You like a man dismayed, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet, You are in our midst, O LORD, and we are called by Your name; do not forsake us!”
10 Thus says the LORD to this people, “Even so, they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore, the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account.”
11 So the LORD said to me, ‘Do not pray for the welfare of this people.’”

I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I won’t do it again! I promise! I won’t do it again –ever! Don’t spank me! I won’t do it again! I won’t ever, ever do it again!

If that cry brings back to your memory, something that occurred in your childhood, then you know something of the cry that came from the Tribe of Judah. The LORD was holding them
accountable for their sins just as He holds us accountable for our sins.

Read again verses 7 to 9 above. Hear the people cry out to the LORD for help. They are charged with multiple apostasies. They admit to having sinned against God. Their only hope is His divine mercy. “Do not forsake us!” they cry.

We echo just such a cry –both personally and nationally! Even those who claim they are atheists, secretly pray. It’s normal for us to cry out for help –especially when the absence of help leaves us alone on the road to eternal death.

Like a small child, our feet love to wander. Yet, when we encounter circumstances with which we cannot deal, we throw ourselves on the loving mercy of our Heavenly Father. Are you there yet? –at His feet? Have the years of your life taught you nothing? God sacrificed His only Son on Calvary’s cross to atone for your sins! Stop arguing with God! Yield yourself to His love and mercy! If you could now cleanse yourself of your own sin, Jesus’ death would be totally meaningless. But, you can’t! So, “Today, if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart!” (Heb. 3:15).

Praying for you,

(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