September 11th article in Washington Post

I was surprised and thrilled to see that President Monson, the prophet today and the current president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had an article in the Washington Post. He wrote somewhat of a memoir on September 11th, and how many of us felt a need to spiritually recommit our lives. He commented that the fervor of that spiritual desire has waned over the past 10 years. He asserted that God's "commitment to us...is unwavering."

And then he gave a powerful statement in the following:

"If there is a spiritual lesson to be learned from our experience of that fateful day, it may be that we owe to God the same faithfulness that He gives to us. We should strive for steadiness, and for a commitment to God that does not ebb and flow with the years or the crises of our lives. It should not require tragedy for us to remember Him, and we should not be compelled to humility before giving Him our faith and trust. We too should be with Him in every season.

"The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day. We truly 'need Him every hour,' not just in hours of devastation. We must speak to Him, listen to Him, and serve Him. If we wish to serve Him, we should serve our fellow men. We will mourn the lives we lose, but we should also fix the lives that can be mended and heal the hearts that may yet be healed.

"It is constancy that God would have from us."

Lord, let me be constant unto thee. Help thou my weakness.