Mary,

If being worthy, refers to personal worthiness, then I fall short.

I didn't measure up to the worthiness that he required, so I ended up trusting him, instead, and received imputed righteousness.

That was when I got saved.

Now, for the blessed hope, if that also requires my personal worthiness, I again fall short.

Even the best that I do, is not good enough.

Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

However, when it is the Lord working through me, that is a different story, because he is worthy, not me.

Also, it is supposed to be about him, not about me, anyway.

So, if it takes personal worthiness to go in the blessed hope, then for sure, the rest of you will be leaving me behind.

I guess that means that I'll have to then face the beast, the false prophet, the locusts with stingers, and all the other terrible things.

I'm very glad for the rest of you, that you are worthy, good for you.

For me, though, I already know something troubling about myself:

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.