A Firmly Set Anchor, President Uchtdorf

President Uchtdorf gave the First Presidency message this month using a parable of a ship and it's anchor. A couple of quotes from the article that impressed me:

After the anchor was set:

As I was looking at the coastline, I began to realize that the ship was drifting almost imperceptibly with the slightest amount of wind and underlying current. Nevertheless, the ship stayed firmly and persistently within a fixed circle defined by the length of the anchor line and the strength of the anchor. ...[S]ometimes we are also in danger when everything appears to be safe—the winds soft and the waters smooth. In fact, we can be in the greatest danger when we are drifting and movement is so slight that we scarcely notice it. 

When life is rolling along smoothly and we are enjoying good health and good progress toward our goals and in general all seems to be right in the world, those are times when we need be careful and watch ourselves closely and keep our anchor firmly set. Even right now I can sense a few of the "soft winds" that could potentially blow me off course ever so slightly, steadily, if my own anchor is not firmly set in the Lord and His Gospel.

Again from President Uchtdorf:

Knowing that it is in the nature of all things to drift, we must firmly set our anchors on the bedrock of gospel truth. They must not be lightly lowered onto the sands of pride or barely touching the surface of our convictions.

I know for sure it is in my nature to drift. That is why I acknowledge here again the importance of my daily duties of personal and family prayer, and personal and family scripture study.