Sister
Patricia T. Holland, the wife of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum
of the Twelve Apostles, and formerly of the Young Women general
presidency:
“Recently
we experienced the worst windstorm Bountiful [in Utah] has seen in
several decades. … Just as I was hearing news reports of semi
trucks—twenty of them—being blown over on the roadside, I looked out my
lovely back window down toward our creek and saw one of our large trees
go down with a crash. …
“For
a moment, I confess, I was truly fearful. It was very early in the
morning, and Jeff was just leaving for the office. I said to him, ‘Do
you think this is the end? Is it all over—or about to be?’”
“My
husband, who has deep faith and endless optimism, took me in his arms
and said, ‘No, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if it were? Wouldn’t it be
wonderful if Christ really did come and his children really were ready
for him? Wouldn’t it be terrific if evil was finally conquered, once and
for all, and the Savior of the world came down in the midst of the New
Jerusalem to wipe away
every tear from
every
eye? Yes,’ my husband said, ‘in lots of ways I wish it were the end,
but it’s not. It is just a stiff windstorm in Bountiful. We have got
more work to do’” (
A Quiet Heart, 129–30).
