I remember when my pastor challenged me to find my life verse, philosophy, and purpose many years ago. I agonized and struggled over it for days, maybe weeks. I refined and refined and rewrote, etc.… The verses I finally settled on were: Isaiah 61:1-3 “ The Spirit of the Sovereign  Lord  is on me,      because the  Lord  has anointed me      to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,      to proclaim freedom for the captives      and release from darkness for the prisoners, [ a ] to proclaim the year of the  Lord ’s favor      and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,      and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty      instead of ashes, the oil of joy ...