The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Lamentations 3:17-26, “My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
18 So I say, ‘My strength has perished, and so has my hope from the LORD.’
19 Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
20 Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.
22 The LORD’S loving kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
24 ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I have hope in Him.’
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.
26 It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the LORD.”

Life is composed of multiple blessings. Peace, happiness,
strength, and hope are but a few of the desirables that combine to bring joy. Yet, weakness, affliction and bitterness labor together to destroy the very essence of life and joy.

It is the LORD who provides lovingkindness that never ceases. His compassion is always strong and never fails to uphold us
when we are about to fall. What is more, His compassion renews itself within us, just when we need Him most.

We should cry aloud with the psalmist, “Great is Your faithful-ness!”

Just when I need Him, Jesus is near;
Just when I falter, just when I fear;
Ready to help me, ready to cheer;
Just when I need Him most.

Just when I need Him, Jesus is true;
Never forsaking, all the way through;
Giving for burdens, pleasures anew;
Just when I need Him most.
J. C. Poole (1907)

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