Purpose

"God's purpose in guidance is not to get us to perform the right actions.  His purpose is to help us become the right kind of people.

"Personhood is formed through making decisions.  We learn to think and weigh options, we discover what we truly value, we take responsibility for our choices.  God wants us to be people, not robots, and that means we must make decisions."
--John Ortberg, "The Life You've Always Wanted"