Article April 22, 2019 ISSUE

Learning my God-given identity, finding freedom from panic attacks

Susan S. Collins

Adapted from an article published in The Christian Science Monitor’s Christian Science Perspective column, February 4, 2019.

As it happens, I have almost the exact same name as a well-known politician. For this reason, some most unusual experiences have come my way. For example, I’ve been given political mementos with this individual’s name and received emails intended for her. I’ve even received a phone call from someone endeavoring to sway me to a particular side of a legislative bill. All because my name matches that of a famous someone else!

This has led me to consider a more substantial way in which we can also be misidentified. We become so very used to seeing ourselves purely in terms of personal characteristics, our human ups and downs, and even our visible features, that we may not realize there’s another way of identifying ourselves—a spiritual way, and it actually gives us a clearer sense of our identity.

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