When we open gifts at holiday time or on special occasions, one of the unvoiced questions we ask revolves around cost and value: How much did you spend on me?
We do this calculation with not just with presents, but with all of life. Think about how we measure things by cost:
That’s too much
- No, give me the generic
- I can get it for less
- That’s more than the going rate
- Will you take 10% off?
- Do a cost comparison first
- Buy low, sell high
So, how much is a child worth? What do we spend on our college bound son? Can we afford to send our daughter there?
Clearly Christian education has its costs and parents do well to compare. However, the core of Christian education revolves around something beyond cost.
Fundamentally, we measure students not by what they can pay, or by their ACT/SAT score, or their high school GPA, or by their won-loss record. Instead we treasure young people because they are valuable to God.
If we simply did Christian education by cost, we would find another business. Instead we find each life significant because God created, God blessed, and God died for every student who comes our way.
That perspective raises a whole other set of issues. Christian education takes up answering those questions.
Now, what do you value?