Dear Partner,
The month of April is very special to
Gloria and me. On the 13th of this month
we will have been married 59 years.
You've heard me say it, and you've heard
me sing it:
She's the best thing that ever
happened to me, because it was her
unconditional love that opened my heart
to absolutely the best thing that ever
happened to me.
Six months after we were married, we
both met Jesus of Nazareth—Gloria in
October, then me the first week of
November.
Fifty-nine years without an argument.
There have been times we didn't agree
about something,
but we have never
fussed about it. She's so level-headed,
and in many ways smarter than I am, so
it has always been to my advantage to
listen to her. In that way, we can both
inquire of The LORD and
He's smarter
than both of us put together.
I want to talk to you about something
that will revolutionise your whole life.
33 BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM
OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS;
AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE
ADDED UNTO YOU.
As you have probably noticed, the title of
this letter is First Things First! Not what
you and I think should be first,
but what
God in His WORD says is first. Jesus said
in Matthew 6:33,
P A R T N E R L E T T E R
2 0 2 1
Let's look at that verse in the Amplified
Bible, Classic Edition.
33 BUT SEEK (AIM AT AND STRIVE
AFTER) FIRST OF ALL HIS KINGDOM
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
(HIS WAY
OF DOING AND BEING RIGHT), AND
THEN ALL THESE THINGS TAKEN
TOGETHER WILL BE GIVEN YOU
BESIDES.
Now that really opens up the importance
of "and His righteousness." Look at that.
His way of doing and being right—then all
things will be added to you. Now you can
see what I meant when I said Jesus is
smarter than Gloria and me put together.