How are you coping? Culture tells us that life is what we make it. It’s

down to us. And yet, Christianity says we’re not designed for

self-realization, so the pressure to be someone or do something has lead to

a crisis of identity. At Christmas, God says something different. Life is

what He makes it. And in Jesus, God comes close to us - to tell us who we

are, what we’re for, and to share himself with us. When we let the one true

living God in, all our questions of identity and purpose find their

resolution in him. We know who we are. And we know what we’re for.

By Ed Flint