Hold on a Little Longer
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Ensign First Presidency Message – January 2010

President Uchtdorf

President Uchtdorf’s message was the first Mormon Wordle we created. I was fascinated by the display as I picked out the words of his message. He told us of the great blessings and of the great challenges of the Saints in Kirtland Ohio during the era of the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. Even those outside the temple saw and heard spiritual manifestations upon the Temple during the dedication.

A few months after the Kirtland Temple dedication the Saints faced widespread financial difficulties, persecution, an influx of immigrants with few possessions, and other hardships. Although they had just experienced tremendous spiritual blessings, some lost faith and drifted away.

President Uchtorf challenges us to be like the faithful Saints in Kirtland that held on to the Gospel. He urges us to “Hold on a little Longer”, to remember the Lord loves us, and that he will sustain us if we endure in faith to the end.

I thought it was  a great message and an interesting departure from the traditional “Endure to the End” talk. If we keep “Holding on a Little Longer” we will endure to the end, but its a nice new take on an old, but very important message.  For many Saints currently facing economic trials and other challenges, “Hold on a Little Longer” is a do-able, less overwhelming  short term goal than “Enduring to the End”.

We Mormon Wordled his presentation and even used a piece of it as the header image when we launched this site. We also applied a few filters to it and produced some additional images we will be posting soon.

Hold on a Little Longer message by President Uchtdorf

In addition, we posted a pdf image of the Hold on a Little Longer Mormon Wordle above. It is about a 1 megabyte file. Feel free to download it and use the pdf zoom command in your browser or viewer to further explore President Uchtorf’s message. We enjoy zooming in and seeing more details, just like with Google Earth. Please note all our images are subject to our copyright restrictions.