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CHAPTER TWO

Purpose

‘‘Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.’’

—2 COR. 4:16

‘‘I consider my life worth nothing to me . . . if only I may finish the race and complete the task . . .’’

—THE DISCIPLE PAUL, ACTS 20:22

Imagell of us need a purpose. Work without purpose (even if it takes great skill) can become mindless, heartless drudgery. Add purpose, even to so-called grunt work, and our work lives take on an expanded, even inspired dimension.

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