CHAPTER 16
VALUE YOUR FAMILY, HONOR YOUR PARENTS, TREASURE YOUR KIDS “Listen to your father who gave you life and don’t despise your mother when she is old. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice and he who begets a wise child will delight in him. Let your father and your mother be glad and let her who bore you rejoice.” Proverbs 23:22-25
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his is another topic where I especially enjoy getting my wife Jeanie’s thoughts since we have parented together for over 39 years, and have been married for even longer. So instead of looking as though I came up with her comments entirely on my own we have decided to tag team this chapter much like we did in chapter 12. This is not to say she hasn’t helped with the other chapters because she has. This chapter however is one of those where she has so much to add that is uniquely hers we decided to again change the format so you could more easily distinguish her insights from mine. 93
