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True Religion and Inner Renewal
country. If money is in First Place, then we
should have pronounced on us that Old Middle
East Curse:
"May you make
a
million dollars
-–
may you spend it all on doctors."
There is also a difference between
"filthy
lucre"
and just plain
"lucre."
One is ill-gotten
gain. The other is honest money earned
honorably with integrity and stewardship.
And this is what I say to our young people
on behalf of all Moms and Dads. We who are
parents do apologize for not always being
there. We've had to work so hard and long to
try to pave the way for a bright and promising
future for them. Sure, it has been frustrating for
all of us. But here's how we hope to make it up
to them in the decades that follow -- We're
going to be terrific Grandparents.
Our young people have completed the First
Quarter of the human race. And at this point,
they are ahead! But it is an awfully long trip
through Eternity, and we do want them to make
it as sure as they can. We know our young
people have committed the Golden Rule to
memory; they must now commit it to life, for
they are long on desire but short on
experience. Our desire is that they, and we all,
may view every day, every effort, every activity
in the context of Christian living.
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