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         (Dad:) I love you and I'm thankful for all that you've done for the Lord all these years. I'm proud of you. The Family needs people like you!
         I'm sorry you feel that you're not much appreciated by a lot of our younger folks. I can understand how you feel. There were times when I didn't feel very appreciated by my own children, and it's hard to keep going and to keep giving under those circumstances. So I feel for you. I know what it's like.
         Our young people still have a lot of lessons to learn. They have a lot of growing up to do. That's why they need the help of us adults, to help them to grow in the right direction, to help them to learn, to help them with our experiences and all that the Lord has taught us from serving Him so many years. At the same time, there's a balance in letting them grow their own way, but still the Lord's way.
         You adults have to recognize that the teens are not going to grow up exactly the way you did, just like you didn't grow up exactly the way I did. But you still have to give them guidance and instruction and help, just like I did with you.
         Don't get discouraged if they don't always receive it or appreciate it. Just keep going and doing what you know is right. But at the same time, don't be afraid to change. Remember that I kept changing and revoluting. I wasn't stuck back in the way I used to do it when I was young, or the way my mother used to do it, or the way I did it when I was married, or the way I did it at the beginning of the Family. I kept moving and changing!
         So you have to keep moving and changing too! Keep flowing in the direction the Lord wants you to flow. I know that's been a little tough for you, and that's why I'm real proud of you for having done so well in taking these changes. It's been a battle. You've gotten discouraged, you've felt unappreciated, but you still held on, and I'm proud of you!



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