The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 23:33, “Your eyes will see strange things and your mind will utter perverse things.”

My daughter and I were getting rid of some old papers and things—some of which I will never use, and some which I have never ever used. It’s amazing the “strange things” that linger around, evidently, just to be found. Here’s one I thought might warm your heart:

A LITTLE MIXED UP

Just a line to say I’m living

And am not among the dead;

Though I’m getting more forgetful

And mixed up in my old head.

For I sometimes can’t remember,

When I stand at the foot of the stair,

If I must go up for something,

Or I’ve just come down from there.

And before the fridge, so often,

My mind is filled with doubt;

Have I just put food away, or

Have I come to take some out?

And at times when it is dark out,

With my nightcap on my head,

I don’t know if I’m retiring,

Or just getting out of bed.

So, remember: I do love you,

And I wish that you were here;

But now, it’s nearly mail time,

So, I’ll just say: “Goodbye, Dear.”

There I stood beside the mailbox,

With a face so very red;

Instead of mailing you my letter,

I had opened it instead.

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“Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting:

to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s

labor in which he toils under the sun during the

few years of his life which God has given him: for this is his reward” (Ecclesiastes 5:18).

“A joyful heart is good medicine…” (Proverbs 17:22),

Heartily in Christ,

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