We Are Not Worthless; We Are in the Keeping of Angels

We need to come to terms with out desire to reach perfection and our frustrations when our accomplishments or our behaviors are less than perfect. I feel that one of the great myths we would do well to dispel is that we've come to earth to perfect ourselves, and nothing short of that will do.

I am also convinced of the fact that the speed with which we head along the strait and narrow path isn't has important as the direction in which we are traveling. That direction, if it is leading toward eternal goals, is the all-important factor.

Now, this is the truth. We humble people, we who feel ourselves sometimes so worthless, so good-for-nothing, we are not so worthless as we think. There is not one of us but what God's love has been expended upon. There is not one of us that He has not cared for and caressed. There is not one of us that He has not desired to save and that He has not devised means to save. There is not one of us that He has not given His angels charge concerning. We may be insignificant and contemptible in our own eyes, and in the eyes of others, but the truth remains that we are children of God and that He has actually given His angels...charge concerning us, and they watch over us and have us in their keeping

If we are in the keeping of angels, God is certainly telling us that we are worthy to be watched over, helped, and directed by him.

"On Being Worthy", Marvin J Ashton, Ensign May 1989, pg 20.