{"id":94686,"date":"2026-08-20T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bgodinspired.com\/?page_id=94686"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:31:33","slug":"what-is-my-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bgodinspired.com\/index.php\/what-is-my-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is My Purpose?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- BGodInspired What Is My Purpose? 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If that's your instinct with people you love, this verse is describing your particular gift back to you.\" }\n    ],\n    gu: [\n      { text: \"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.\", ref: \"Galatians 6:2\", angle: \"The whole law, distilled down to carrying weight for someone else. If that's the thing you can't stop yourself from doing, this verse says you're not just being kind \u2014 you're doing the central thing.\" },\n      { text: \"And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday.\", ref: \"Isaiah 58:10\", angle: \"The promise here isn't just to the person being helped \u2014 it's to the helper. 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