Lord,

I praise you,

you are my portion,

my inheritance,

my treasure,

everything I’ve sought and needed,

the fulfillment of all I long for.

Thank you for holding onto me,

the long, broken path

you’ve allowed

for me to surrender

and finally find rest in your hands.

I surrender anew to you,

all of my self-conceptions,

assumptions, expectations

regarding what I think is right or wrong,

my tree of knowledge of good and evil,

my self will,

what all the voices of my life have dictated,

from family, culture, tradition,

church, religion, society, and the world.

I lay down my past of regrets, failures,

and dim successes.

I lay down my future created by

my rigid and limited expectations.

Help me to be here now…

with You.

Opening up my heart,

my Path, my Way

in You alone.

Please let me walk in the garden with you Lord,

in your…