Swindoll's book The Strong Family' was encouraging and offered continued wisdom for my calling as a mom.
"By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established.' (Proverbs 24:3,4) This same verse stands as the foundation of Swindoll's writings, that by God's wisdom revealed in the Bible our families are built up and established.
My mom asked me to read this book before getting married in just 3 months from now. I am glad that I read this! It had very important advice and insight into the God-centered family. However, I do feel like this book is more appropriate for people who already have children or who are about to become parents. While I learned a lot and the knowledge is very beneficial it was sometimes hard to relate to the perspective of the author who already had raised children. The audience was more directed towards parents. Some of the references were also very dated as this book was written in a different era than 2023. Overall, I am pleased to have read it and I’m sure will remember parts of it when I am a parent one day.