The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 9:10-18, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For by me, your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

13 The woman of folly is boisterous; she is naive and knows nothing.

14 And she sits at the doorway of her house, on a seat by the high places of the city,

15 Calling to those who pass by, who are making their paths straight:

16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” and to him who lacks understanding she says,

17 ‘Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’

18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”

Are you fearful of the LORD? Are you truly? Do you live each day with a sensitivity to His presence and His will for your life? If you do, you’re on the path of wisdom. That is precisely what the LORD desires. It is His will that we always live with a clear knowledge of His presence. If we are truly His, and yet ignore Him, we will quickly learn that He is not to be ignored.

Remember when you were a child and how you quickly learned that your parents were in charge of your life? You were trained to do what they wanted, not what you desired. They were aware of the pitfalls that would lead you in life’s wrong direction. The LORD is all-wise. He wants the best for you. Ignore Him at your peril.

Jesus, His Son, was sent to give us life that only He could give. Jesus walked in the right pathway; He taught what we need to know. He gave us the Scriptures as our sole guidebook and the Holy Spirit as our Teacher. Yes, “stolen water is sweet,” but only for the moment. Christ alone is forever!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom