True At All Times

Alma 53:20

"And they were all young men, and they were exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity; but behold, this was not all - they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever things they were entrusted."

I love that last line - "they were men who were true at all times in whatsoever things they were entrusted."  I often wonder what type of man I would be if that were able to be said about me.  To be true at all times means so much more than just never telling lies.  It means always living up to your personal standards, never taking the easy road, never giving up when you have committed to something, and so forth.  It means having an inward force that drives you to be who you want to be and never altering that course.  And there are so many things that we are entrusted with in this life.  We are trusted with our families, that we will be the best son/brother/father/daughter/sister/mother that we can be.  We are trusted with our church callings, that we will stand where we are and lift in building up the kingdom of God here on the earth.  We are trusted with our bodies, that we will treat them with respect and understand their sacred nature and great potential.  We are trusted with so much in this life, that to be true to all things therein is an incredibly difficult task.  But God would not ask these things of us, He would not entrust us with so many great and wonderful things if He did not think that we could manage it all and be true to it all, if He was not prepared and willing to help us whenever we feel that we need His help.  

That's where true strength lies, understanding that with the help of our Father, and with the resolution to be true in all situations and to all things, there is nothing we cannot accomplish in this life.