From that Time Even until now

After Alma tells his son how he was converted to the Gospel, he makes this statement:

24 Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without ceasing, that I might bring souls unto repentance; that I might bring them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; that they might also be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost (Alma 36).

This is my favorite scripture. Being a vile sinner myself, and subsequently having tasted of the joy repentance and forgiveness has brought to my life, I am impressed at how Alma, even after all his wickedness, could and would be able to change through the Atonement of the Savior and endeavor from that time forth to be a force for good and an instrument in the hands of God. I love how his mission in life became singular, and his determination to carry out that mission became unwavering and constant. I want to be like Alma in this way. I want to be able to say just what he said to my own son many year from now.