In the space of not many years

Helaman 4

"...thus they had become weak, because of their transgression, in the space of not many years" (4:26).

How quick we fall.

Isn't that how it is in this world?

And not just looking at the world as a whole...I think of me in my own little life...how I fall so quickly--whether it be righteousness, physical goals I set, To-Do-Lists I make, etc...it seems like "in the space of not many days/minutes" I seem to fall.

That must mean that I need to have a GREATER dependence on God.
Because I just can't do it on my own.
Life gets too hard.
I'm too weak.

My strength is not enough to handle the daily things I do.
"And because of this their great wickedness, and their boastings in their own strength, they were left in their own strength; therefore they did not prosper, but were afflicted and smitten..." (4:13).

Rereading this verse (Alma 26:12) really hit home as I compared it to the references that stood out to me in this chapter:

"Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things...".