Am I Worthy?

As most of you know, the Gilbert Temple is now open! And will be dedicated next week!! Super exciting, and I loved being able to go through it during the open house. 

 Absolute STUNNER of a building, am I right?  

I was sitting at church a couple weeks ago, and for some reason, started to think about the temple recommend questions one gets asked when they're of age and maturity to go through the temple. (Whether for baptisms or our own endowments).  You're asked questions like whether you believe in Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father, if you have a testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet and if you have a testimony of the Book of Mormon, etc.  But there's one question that I kept coming back to.  Where you're asked if YOU think you're worthy to enter into the House of the Lord, to partake of those sacred covenants, and participate in the wonderful ordinances that take place there.

AM I WORTHY?

For some unknown reason, this question has been on my mind a lot!  Dictionary.com states the adjective 'worthy' as "Having adequate or great merit, character, or value."  Am I worthy?  The noun 'worth', again from dictionary.com, is "Excellence of character or quality as commanding esteem."  The example was "women of worth."  Am I worthy?

Am I worthy of being described as a woman of worth?  Am I worthy of being a friend, sister, daughter, aunt, niece, granddaughter, and neighbor to those around me?  Am I worthy, when the time comes, to be a mother to some of God's precious children?  Am I worthy to help lead the women in my ward?  Am I worthy to stand and teach them some of the principles of the Gospel?  Am I worthy for Christ to have suffered for my sins and afflictions and then die on the cross for me?  Am I worthy to go into the temple; the House of the Lord?

Folks, I may not be worthy of all those things, that's true, but I realized something. 

I am WORTH it.

I am! And so are you!!  We are all worth it in the eyes of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We were worth His pain and suffering while he was in the Garden.  What makes that worth any different now than back then?

You are worth all the happiness in the world, and then some!  And not only that, but you deserve all the happiness in the world.  You deserve to know how much Christ and our Heavenly Father loves you.  You are worth all the love they can give you.  And trust me, they can give quite a lot!  I have found so much peace and confidence by remembering that I have a whole team of angels on my side.  And realizing that helps me to remember my infinite worth.  We are all so amazing in different ways!  We all have a cheering section up in the heavens that is PACKED with people rooting for us!  Do you think they believe we're not worthy of their support and love?  
Whenever life gets you down, just remember: you ARE worth it.  You all have INFINITE worth in the eternal eyes of our Lord.  Don't give up!  You might not be worthy at the moment, but you sure are worth it.