It was a night like many other nights. I took up a book to read as usual. I was in the fifth chapter of Shawn Brower’s We Became Men and then it hit me. My age-old desire to write a book suddenly arose. Now I must be honest; I had five unfinished books on my computer and other topics on my phone. But that night was different. I was on to something – something so close to my heart, it began to surface. I was on to Purpose. I smiled and repeated it to myself over and over, “Purpose Has No Shame.”
The topic came to me quickly. I wondered to myself about
the deity. Could I have heard this topic before? Maybe it was somewhere in the back of my subconscious. As any 21st centurion would do, I searched thoroughly to see if someone else had thought of the same thing. As Solomon revealed, “There is nothing new under the sun.”
I found that nothing else was published on this topic. I
dropped the book immediately, began writing and laying out
the structure of what seemed like a fresh idea for an
interesting book. Again, purpose has no shame. Really, it
doesn’t. We may think it does but no, not true. We get
embarrassed, discouraged, and cast down, but purpose was designed to succeed. The cliché lives on, “We all have a purpose.” I’m not writing anything new. I’m only adding to
facts, strengthening history, and telling my story here.
I was once afraid of losing my purpose. Fear gripped my
heart many times in the past. I thought purpose was subject
to title, position, possession, and location. Our purpose
cannot be taken away by another human or an organization. Only you can abort it. Can you imagine a car that is set on a path to accomplish a task? Only the driver can manipulate that vehicle’s direction. The driver might not be the owner of the car, but it needs a driver to fulfill what it was designed to do. You are the driver. God is the owner, and the car is your purpose.
Purpose can never be killed neither can it ever be embarrassed. Listen to your purpose. It has much better advice to give. This book is divided into three-parts: Self- Discovery, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Sacrifice.
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