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I was taught a great lesson once when I was on a trip to

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Denmark with President Kimball and President Packer.

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In between meetings, President Kimball came to us and said,

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"There's something in Denmark I want to show you." And he

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invited us to go with him to a little chapel.

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As we entered the chapel, we immediately recognized

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Thorvaldsen's beautiful Christus.

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And around the sides, Thorvaldsen had carved each of

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the original Twelve Apostles.

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President Kimball said, "I want you to come over here."

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And he had all of us stand in front of Peter.

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And he said, "What is in Peter's hands?" And of course

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we responded, "He's holding keys." And President Kimball

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said, "That's right.

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The Savior gave him the keys to preside over the Church

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after He had departed from the earth."

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Then he said, "Today I hold the keys, just the same as

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Peter did in his days.

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The keys are invested in the prophet, seer, and revelator

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and President of the Church."

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Then he turned to the custodian who let us in and

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said, "These are the original Twelve." Then he pointed to

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President Packer and me and said, "These are the modern

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Apostles today.

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They hold the keys the same as the Twelve Apostles did in the

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Savior's day."

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That was a profound impression on me, to think that we held

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those keys.

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I've never felt the same since.

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I've never felt worthy of the keys I hold.

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I'm always trying to strive to live up to that which the Lord

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has blessed us with.

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