Say

"Take out of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so called problems
Better put them in quotations
Say what you need to say"

Say it now, or live the rest of your life wondering what would have happened if you had said what you needed to say.

A lot of times we let our pride get into the way of the things we need to be doing in our life. It is so easy to stay in your comfort zone and not stretch yourself to an uncomfortable place.

Over the last few weeks I have been in that uncomfortable place and it has been a struggle. There are times I want to go back, but I know "No man, having put his hand to the ^aplough, and ^blooking back, is fit for the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62). So, I "press forward with a ^asteadfastness in Christ"; and I continue to work on the back half of "having a perfect brightness of ^bhope, and a ^clove of God and of all men" (2 Ne. 31:20).

I was chatting with a friend and I thought about why things have been a little bit of a roller coaster to me. It came to me that it is much easier to have that "perfect hope" when I am consistently saying my prayers. The times I feel a little down in the dumps are when I am not doing so good about talking with my Heavenly Father.

The other night I was reading my scriptures in Mosiah and a scripture hit me with such force that I sat and stared at it for a minute...

"Ye have not applied your hearts to understanding; therefore, ye have not been wise" (Mosiah 12:27). Abinadi continues to teach that it must become written in our hearts.

The Lord knows what our needs are, but we need to say what we need to say; we need to ask Him. Oftentimes we seek answers to questions without applying our hearts to understanding. Maybe we expect a 'yes' or a 'no' from the Lord, but many times it will be given to us to act. The Lord said, "It is not meet that I should command in all things."

When the word of the Lord is written in our hearts and we are anxiously engaged in His service, it is much easier to walk by faith and know that if we get in a dangerous spot, the Lord will put up caution signs.

Don't be afraid to ask, because you will never know the answer if you don't. Don't be afraid to say what you need to say, because you will never know the result.

"Walkin like a one man army
Fightin with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you’d be better off instead
If you could only
Say what you need to say

"Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for getting older
You better know that in the end its better to say to much
Than to never to say what you need to say again

"Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open
Why?
Say what you need to say"

But make sure you are prepared to receive the answer.