Editorial September 28, 2015 Issue

The search for our identity

David C. Kennedy

Every one of us needs to know who we truly are. You do, and I do. It’s a universal need, and this need is felt by many.

The question of our identity comes up often in ways we might not recognize. It comes up in issues of self-esteem, for instance—how valued or valuable we feel we are. It underlies questions about what we should do with our life, as well as questions about our health, ancestry, personality, and character. Today’s discussion of transgender issues also involves the concept of identity. Discovering our true identity is of the utmost importance; we all need lasting, real answers.

If we’re searching to know who we are, it’s important to begin with the more fundamental question of what we truly are. Christian Science offers, and tenderly urges, what Christ Jesus himself lovingly urged on everyone—the discovery of our God-given individuality. Speaking of Jesus, the Bible says: “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:11–13).

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