The Reality of Angels

From Elder Holland: “I am convinced that one of the profound themes of the Book of Mormon is the role and prevalence and central participation of angels in the gospel story. . . .One of the things that will become more important in our lives the longer we live is the reality of angels, their work and their ministry. I refer here not alone to the angel Moroni but also to those more personal ministering angels who are with us and around us, empowered to help us and who do exactly that (see 3 Ne. 7:18; Moro. 7:29–32, 37; D&C 107:20). . . .I believe we need to speak of and believe in and bear testimony of the ministry of angels more than we sometimes do. They constitute one of God’s great methods of witnessing through the veil, and no document in all this world teaches that principle so clearly and so powerfully as does the Book of Mormon” (“For a Wise Purpose,” Ensign, Jan. 1996, 16–17)." -Book of Mormon Institute Manual, pg. 195

This is such a comforting thought, such a good affirmation to tell myself in hard times. There are angels all around us to bear us up through our hardest times, just as they comforted and strengthened the Savior during the Atonement. I have SO many angels on this side of the veil, and I believe that there are more than I know on the other side. I also believe that those angels who are given charge over us are loved ones we know who have passed on. And I believe that angels are given special charge over children. :) One of my goals is to be an angel for the loved ones in my life. My mama is definitely my angel, and an angel to everyone around her. She is one of the purest, happiest, most selfless women I know, taking me by the heart and the hand since I was a toddler--and she will continue to for eternity!