The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Job 37:9-13, “Out of the south comes the storm, and out of the north the cold.
10 “From the breath of God ice is made, and the expanse of the waters is frozen.
11 “Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
12 “It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever
He commands it on the face of the inhabited earth.
13 “Whether for correction, or for His world, or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.”

Have you ever discovered something you couldn’t explain? Maybe it was some-
thing you read… Maybe something you experienced… Whatever, it was, the
answer to the mystery lay just out of reach, just beyond your understanding.

There were some mysteries that stymied Job of old. He lacked the understanding
of many of life’s vicissitudes; yet, he was quick to allow that whatever fell upon him came from the LORD. If such things were good, they came from the LORD. If they
were punitive, they came from the LORD. For Job, everything that occurred in life
originated with the LORD.

A friend moves away… a loved one suffers a severe setback… one you saw just
yesterday is today with the LORD. How are such things to be explained? Job said,
“Whether for correction or for His world, or for lovingkindness, He causes it to
happen.”

There’s an old hymn that used to be sung in churches:

“Trials dark on ev’ry hand
And we cannot understand
All the ways that God would lead us
To that blessed Promised Land;
But He guides us with His eye,
And we’ll follow ‘till we die.
For we’ll understand it better by and by.”

The Scriptures tell us that “…faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the
Word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). And there are 61 verses of Scripture that
assure us that we, who know and serve Him, are “in His Hands.” And if you
don’t know Him, I can only say “You don’t know what you’re missing.”

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