STOP AND THINK – The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born. (William R. Inge, 19th-20th century English author and Anglican priest)

If poverty is generational, so can moral integrity and character be. What Inge wants us to realize is the importance of living a life of integrity that will instill character into the next generation and beyond, firmly establishing our grandchildren and theirs. How are you influencing your posterity?

[Put my commandments] on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)