Quotes about Purpose

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are.

The true vocation for every human being is, as Kierkegaard said, "the will to be oneself."5

no other person has ever lived your life. You may be wondering what will happen if you engage in this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, if you take seriously God's purpose for you to increasingly live faithfully out of the life he has given you.

In God's family, success is defined as being faithful to his purpose and plan for your life.

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are. We unconsciously live someone else's life, or at least someone else's expectations for us. This does violence to ourselves, our relationship with God, and ultimately to others.

For this reason the famous Hasidic story of Rabbi Zusya remains so important for us today: Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old man, said, "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?

You must let God teach you the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.35

are deeply loved by God for who we are, not for what we do.

God's plans and purposes for us are good, even when our circumstances are far from good.

We are deeply loved by God for who we are, not for what we do.

What are the hurricane winds, internal and external, that prevent us from becoming all God intends?

When God called Israel out of Egypt, he affirmed they were sacred human beings made in his image. He then showed them how to live according to their God-given nature. In effect, God said, "It may feel awkward at first, but as a fish is created to live in water, I created you to live according to this design.