Faith in God is the answer to the identity crisis. Part 2

Faith in God is the answer to the identity crisis

Part 2: Faith is the foundation stone

I want to put forward a better solution to the desire to be yourself in a multi-faceted world. Many will scornfully dismiss it as incredibly old-fashioned and limited, but I will argue that this is only because the modern world has lost touch with the deeper wisdom that faith pours into human life and society. I will go so far as to say it is an easy solution in that it is so very simple. The word “simple” is often derided as though it meant “simplistic”, but true simplicity has intense depth and clarity.

Let me share with you the simple truths that I had absorbed as a child before the age of eleven:-

• That God loves me
• That I am a child of God
• That God holds me in his hands and nothing can ever snatch me from them
• That God is with me
• That he will guide and sustain me through all trials and tribulations
• That even if I should succumb to suffering and death, then he will recompense me beyond measure in the life of heaven

These simple thoughts give me an unassailable sense of self-worth. I never have to trouble myself over my identity because my most fundamental identity is that I am a child of God, who loves me. I am affirmed beyond measure. It is the God who is the source of all life and the author of all goodness, truth and love who cares for me. What more do I need? What more is there?