“I am the Good Shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,” (John 10:14).

I doubt if there is a more ravaging problem than insecurity. Young people become victims of a crowd mentality-drugs, drinking, and promiscuous sex-because they are insecure. They want to be­long.

Unfortunately what begins so early may plague us forever. I recently counseled with a thirty-eight-year-old woman who is attractive, has a good personality, and whose husband loves her and provides economic security. Personal inse­curity, however, often drives her to long sieges of depression. She developed slowly as a teenager;…