Pres. Nelson's words hit very close to home for me. In March, I went through a Stake Disciplinary Council and was subsequently excommunicated for conduct unbecoming a member. I have a long history of leading a double life in and out of the church. I confessed to my wife, my bishop, my Stake President, and God in January and I've been working on changing, repenting, since. For so long, I felt that I couldn't change. I was too weak, too cowardly, too deep into my sinful life to ever be able to get better. And I was right. I am not strong enough, on my own, to change. What I'm in the process of learning is that I am not alone. I am doing what I can and Christ is making up the difference. I have felt my heart change. I still have a long road ahead, but I have the Savior walking beside me.
That is my long way of saying, I feel that time is short for me specifically. Not in that my life will end soon or that the Second Coming is next year, but that my need to repent, to change, to become who I need to be, is now. I cannot procrastinate any more.