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enough to make them all themselves -- as
resourceful as some of them are behind our
backs.
My goal for them is the same that I have for
the Diffine young people -- I want them to be
successful and go to Heaven forevermore.
Live and enjoy, I tell them -- And remember
that the only purpose for your being here on
Earth is to determine where you will spend
Eternity.
Our desire is that they view every day,
every effort, every activity, every dream, and
every aspiration in the context of Christian
living ... so that every facet of their lives is knit
together in a harmonious, continuous, and
consistent system of values.
In Economics, I also tell them that poor
people (or poor nations) can't help poor people
(or poor nations). Prosperous people (or
prosperous nations) can help poor people (or
poor nations), as we give out of our abundance
and love. Getting involved in people's lives
takes time and money earned through
exercising marketable skills.
We admonish students not to leave their
religion behind when they leave and enter a
not-so-lovable world, desperately in need of the
"Good News"
they have. We instill in them that
we all were created to love God. And if they
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