At 84 years old, President Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told listeners at a Sunday devotional for young single adults that he is “growing old.”

“I have one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel,” he said, lightheartedly. “So I don’t have a lot of talks left to give.”

Yet in that reflection, President Holland asked listeners to “indulge” him as he shared three of his youth’s most “pivotal moments” and experiences: his decision to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his commitment to schooling and education, and his marriage to his late wife, Sister Patricia T. Holland.

These moments, combined with many others, all led President Holland’s younger self “closer to Christ,” he explained. And as he shared them, he offere

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