a virtuous life

I have had such a sense of urgency for the last year or so to get my 'house in order': to get a food and water storage, to receive my endowment, to make sure I'm living my life the way I ought to be. Lately, however, the feeling has changed. Now I feel that the time for preparation in nearly over, and the time for testing is beginning. This scares me, since it's hard to know if I'm really ready for the hard times that are coming. I was reading in the Ensign this morning, though, and Elder Uchtdorf said "We recognize that we are living in a time of turmoil, disaster, and war. We and many others feel strongly the great need for a 'defense, and for a refuge from the storm, and from wrath when it shall be poured out without mixture upon the whole earth' (Doctrine & Covenants 115:6). How do we find such a place of safety? President Gordon B. Hinckley taught: 'Our safety lies in the virtue of our lives. Our strength lies in our righteousness.'" This is reassuring to me. I just need to make sure that my life is virtuous.