The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 119:30-36, “I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I shall observe it to the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law and keep it with all my heart.
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.
36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to dishonest gain.”

If ever there were a time when we need to heed the Word of God, it is today! The psalmist says, “I have chosen the faithful way…” He then thoughtfully links what he is about to say with truths that are contained in the Word of God!

Are we like that today? Are honesty, truthfulness and absolute integrity our way today? Are our leaders believably honest men and women?
If our observations are honest, we must admit that much of what we hear and observe falls far short of even the flimsiest definition of “truth.”
I observe attorneys and members of the clergy, both of whom should
know what it means to tell the truth, openly lie, and so blatantly, that they embrace as “true” the numerous untruths which they themselves then perpetrate upon others.

Whatever happened to truly honest men and women? I’ve had friends
upon whom I could always count to tell the truth, although fewer now than earlier in life. Still, I praise the LORD for the truthful friends I have. At the same time, I myself have the responsibility to be truthful to all with whom I engage in spiritual and generaal discussions.

We need to regularly examine ourselves, like when we brush our teeth. Do we always tell the truth? Do we clearly understand that lying or “skirting” the truth is sin? Do we not know that Christ died on the cross for what we erroneously call “little sins”?

We need to chose the faithful way, the honest way –the only way that pleases Jesus! Funny thing, when we please Him, we find ourselves
pleasing others and ourselves as well.

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