“If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times!” How many times did you hear that growing up? How often have you said that—or something like it—to your own children? It’s funny, but no matter how bright you were as a child or how intelligent you are as an adult, it often takes a “thousand” reminders before the truth sinks in. That’s one reason God placed us within families—to prepare us for the world, even if takes hearing the truth “a thousand times.” And few methods are better suited to unclogging our ears than an honest evaluation of ourselves and our families.