What role do angels play in our lives today?

At Christmastime, angels are everywhere---from artwork and songs to ornaments, wrapping paper, and many other cultural artifacts, from the sacred to the profane, the classy to the kitschy.  But what do angels really mean to most people?  
Because of the scriptures, modern revelation, and a multitude of witnesses, Latter-day Saints declare that angels are most definitely real, and we understand that their ministry points us to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and can bring the Holy Ghost into our lives.

Why are angels depicted with wings?

Though we know through the Prophet Joseph Smith that "an angel of God never has wings, most depictions of them show them with wings, and some scriptures describe them as having wings.  Why?  Wings represent "power, to move, to act."  Prophets who described angels as having wings (see, for instance, Isaiah 6:2) may have referred to wings in order to communicate these ideas figuratively.

Want to know more???  Read in this month's Ensign

ANGELS We Have Heard

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By David A. Edwards