The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Numbers 14:18-21, “’The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.’
19 “Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
20 So the LORD said, “I have pardoned them according to your word;
21 but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.”

What we envision in today’s world is hardly “the glory of the LORD.” Yet, He is able to encourage us personally and nationally. Our sin is beclouding His blessing. We must recognize our sin, sincerely ask His forgiveness, and rejoice in His blessing!

There’s an old hymn that says,

“We are often tossed and driven
on the restless sea of time,
Somber skies and howling tempest
Oft succeed a bright sunshine;
In that land of perfect day,
When the mists have rolled away,
We will understand it better by and by.”

Yet, are we willing to pay the price of confessing our sin?
The LORD stands ready to forgive us. It all depends on whether we are willing to renounce our sin and ask His forgiveness.

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