The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 19:7-9, “The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the

LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the

LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are

true; they are righteous altogether.”

I was leaving downtown Sydney and heading back to Southerland Shire, where we were living. I had to change trains, and was momentarily motionless when a total stranger approached me and asked if he could share with me a New Year’s thought. I agreed, and he elaborated briefly on some philosophical musings that I have now long forgotten. As I recall, nothing he said was fundamentally wrong. I said a polite “Thank you,” when he shocked me with the explosive words that he had not sinned in five years! “Oh, but you have!” I retorted. “I don’t know what your life has been to this point, but the moment you said you hadn’t sinned, you lied.” Now, it was his turn to be shocked. We boarded separate trains and to this day, I never knew who he truly was.

The Bible is not just a mass of historical words. There is meaning to everything it contains. The rich depths of the words in our verses today, however, outweigh all human, philosophical thought and demand remembrance.

The instruction of the LORD’s Law is always thoroughly sound. That’s what perfect means. What’s more, our souls are refreshed and restored when we consistently follow His directions. His testimony is repetitive, so that even a child can understand and obey it.

Somewhere I read that Thomas Carlyle, not long before his death, said, “I am now an old man, and done with the world. Looking around me, before and behind, and weighing all as wisely as I can, it seems to me there is nothing solid to rest on but the faith which I learned in my old home, and from my mother’s lips.” I could echo those words as my own.

The precepts has to do with rules of moral conduct, which, if we keep them, will cause our hearts to rejoice! The commandment of the LORD is always pure and relates to all things prohibited. It is indeed an eye-opener! The Fear of the LORD means reverence; it does not mean frightened. It ever and always instructs and encourages us to be clean and enduring. Finally the judgments or judicial sentences, which the LORD hands down upon man, are never wrong. Indeed, they are thoroughly righteous.

Everything we have exclaimed here is but a shadowy blueprint of our LORD’s directives. He love us, and our love for Him is displayed in our close adherence to all that He has said. God bless you! May our prayers for each other encourage the closeness of our walk with our LORD Jesus Christ.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

NOTE: The attachment above is a total upgrade of my Gospel Tract: “It’s Not How You Play the Game.”

It is the gracious and courteous work of Mr. Brian Dunaway of Cross Church, Springdale. Please

share this Tract freely. We don’t know how much time we have!

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”