Steadfast

This past Sunday my friend Keri gave the Relief Society lesson on Faith, and how faith is intimately connected to character.

I can't stop thinking about what that means to me.

Throughout her whole lesson I kept thinking about that phrase that goes something like, "Character is what shows through when no one else is watching".

Like...what happens to my goals when I'm not trying to do them for other people...do I still work just as hard...do I still give 100%? And when coupled with my faith...do I live righteous and believe when I'm not trying to prepare a talk, or lesson, or prepare or share something else? Am I showing true character of faith just in my daily living...on my own?

This chapter had a verse that totally related to this. Vs. 8.

"But behold, they did watch steadfastly for that day and that night and that day which should be as one day as if there were no night, that they might know that their faith had not been vain".

I've been thinking about that word. Steadfastly. And what that means to me and how it relates to faith and character.

Steadfast: Constant; true; resolute; loyal; faithful; staunch; firmly fixed in place; not subject to change; firm in belief, adherence, & determination.

I want to be 'firmly fixed in place, firm in belief, adherence, & determination' in my faith. I want to make changes in my life so that I live more day to day with true character that is 'not subject to change'.

I'm so grateful for this tidbit that I learned today by reading the scriptures and likening them to myself.