Lots of good things going on in my life. I have a job that guarantees me 30 hours a week where I look at art all day. I'm going to a church that is gradually stealing my heart. God has been hard at work breaking down the last few barriers in my life so I can be the person I'm supposed to be.

And those barriers are tough. Honestly, I don't know what those barriers could be. Father, show them to me. Show me what barriers are in my way from becoming who I'm meant to be in Your kingdom. I yearn to throw my entire life into your hands, but Father, something is keeping me from doing that. Help me see the barriers I have placed in front of myself. I pray that you break them down completely, because I am so ready to accept the destiny you have given me.

I suppose what I'm really asking is that I be broken. Father, the image of a solitary tree in a thunderstorm has been on my mind lately these past few weeks. I am that tree. You are the storm. Wash over me; let it flood. I pray that my limbs bow and break in the wind. But Heavenly Father, I pray that while I am being nearly uprooted, that the storm will pass and that the rain will bleed into the earth and restore me. I pray the rain of blood will wash over me and cleanse my soul. Erase what I have been dirtying myself with.

I refuse to be complacent any longer. I'm in, God. Help me out.