A Lesson I'm Learning

In recent years I've become very aware of a fact of life that I was reminded of by my scripture study in the first part of Exodus in Chapter 8:

8 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, ^aGlory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is ^anone ^blike unto the ^cLord our God.

11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he ^ahardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.

It becomes very easy to forget what we learned we needed to do during challenges or while dealing with consequences of our actions once the hardship is passed. It become easy to fall back into the rut we were in before and not make the changes that we knew we need to. I've seen this a lot in my own life and I'm still learning to try to work hard at remembering what I learn once the trial passes and things are relatively easy again. I think this is the true test of humility. Are we willing when it's easy to still do what we know we need to.