I don t know about you but I am a little wearied by all this talk about purpose; it all smacks to me a bit too much of self-improvement and the Christian obsession with doing and not simply being; have we forgotten that we are Spirit led not purpose driven people.    When did it become the case that what we do defined who we are; surely who we are defines what we do.? 

Since the world seems to talk a lot more sense than the church these days I thought that we might borrow a line or two from Dr Zhivago on identity and purpose:

Well, what are you?  What is it about you that you have always known yourself?  What are you conscious of in yourself: your kidneys, your liver your blood vessels? No. However, far back you go in your memory it is always the external manifestation of yourself where you come across your identity: In the work of your hands, in your family, in other people. And now, listen carefully. You in others this is what you are; this is what your consciousness has breathed and lived on, and enjoyed throughout your life, your soul, your immortality your life in others.

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