Letter #1

Les’ Letters to my Grandchildren 001
Letter # 1: Regarding Spiritual Retardation

From Grandpa Leslie Briggs Wilson December 11, 2011

I am 74 years old.

I don’t know how long I will trip around in this old corruptible, mortal body.

Very soon, I’ll trade in this worn out piece of junk for a brand new incorruptible, immortal body. Thank you, Jesus.

I’m looking back at 74 years of spiritual retardation. I’ve learned a lot; but, I’ve learned it too slow.

I claim to have a brain about the size of a small grapefruit. Your
Cousin Mike said, “More like an orange or a tangerine.”

In any case, I am, now, barely able to wrap this brain around some of the wisdom that I should have had when I was thirty years old.

I am writing you these letters so you won’t waste your lives in spiritual retardation, as I have.

As the Old Dutch saying goes, “Too soon oldt and too late schmart.

You can stop reading right here if you want to stay ignorant.

There is an old saying that, “Ignorance is bliss.” Whoever said that just wasn’t old enough to know the end of the story.

Take it from an old man who has been ignorant for too many years, ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is catastrophic. If you know there are sharks in the water, you might not go for a swim.

So you can swim with the sharks; ...... or, you can read on and be schmart by the time you are 30.

I believe you are bright enough to learn what I have learned and you can learn it all 44 years sooner. Why waste you life? Use it for God’s Glory.

Jesus created you. He gave you life. He gave you wonderful gifts.

When you were born Jesus gave you a free will. He gave you the right to self determination. When you accepted Him as Lord, you gave that right to self determination back to Him.

If you have surrendered your ‘self’ to Him, He lives in you. You have been bought with a price; the precious blood of Jesus.

He died for you. He arose from the grave for you. He owns you. He loves you. His Holy Spirit lives in you. You have everything you need to partake of His divine nature.

You can do all things through Christ Jesus, who strengthens you.

Life gets tough; but, life is great. I wish I could do it again. Hey! I can! I get to do another thousand years on this earth.

I get to do it with an immortal body. I get to live on planet earth for 1,000 years; with Jesus my King.

Jesus will take personal charge of this earth and the wickedness we witness here today will be over.

Then after the thousand years are finished, God will raise up the wicked dead and those whose names are not written in the Lamb’s book of life will be cast into the lake of fire, forever.

Then God will make a new heaven and a new earth and He will wipe away the all the tears from our eyes, “and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” (NASB)

If the Lord is willing, my beloved Grandchildren, I’ll be writing to you over the next few weeks. I’ll tell you what I’ve learned.

I’ll tell you about, the nations that are gathered around Israel and the wars that are coming.

I’ll tell you about the rapture, the coming tribulation, the second coming of Jesus and His 1,000 year Kingdom of Heaven on this earth.

I’ve probably depleted your attention span; so, I’ll stop for now.

Love and prayers,


Grandpa Les

P.S. You can take my word for it; but, for proof see Revelation 20 & 21,
1st Corinthians 15:50-58, Mathew 24:31, Mark 13:24-31, Galatians 2:20, and 2nd Peter 1, et al.