Dear God:

I feel the barnacles of yesterday’s journey clinging half-heartedly to the depths of my soul. They haven’t slowed me down for such a long time that I struggle so with their presence today. They feel clingy, prickly, and determined. I can sense the overwhelming rottenness of their insides rising up to infiltrate my aura. They threaten with a taunting sludge of gloom. I know that if I ignore them, they will secure themselves with more intensity, and they will gain strength to hold me back from surrendering to Your call of grace.

Remove them from me, God. Remove these barnacles that accuse me and tell me that I am a liar. Take them from my heart, my soul, my mind, and annihilate them. I will not try because I know that my efforts to scare them off have never succeeded. Only through Your great power are they defeated. Only through the courage You offer am I able to face them and then turn my face from them. I trust You with them.

I offer my life to You, God. Today and every day. I offer my plans, my fears, my hopes, and yes, my barnacles, to You, God. Take them all and do what You will with them. Guide me to the places You want me to be today. Fill my heart with Your Love. Bless my soul with the Faith that only You can grant. Today, I am Yours.

I pray today, God, for Your call to be my only focus.

Thank You!
Jessica