Thank You, Lord, for bringing so many different people into my life. Each one has been a mirror, gently and sometimes painfully showing me the places in my heart that still need healing and mending.

Right now, pride is the greatest enemy I face. It keeps me from being fully present, from resting in the moment, which is the very gateway to intimacy with You. Pride disconnects me from others, from joy, and most of all, from You.

I see it now more clearly than ever. I feel it in my bones. It weighs me down and traps me in a small, suffocating world where everything revolves around myself and nothing truly grows.

I want to be free from it, Lord. I’ve tried to root it out with my own strength again and again, but it always finds its way back in. It sneaks in through my thoughts, my fears, my need to control and prove myself.

Oh Father, have mercy. Take it from me. I surrender my whole heart to You. Search it. Cleanse it. Fill it completely with Your love and Spirit. Without You, I can do nothing.

Let my soul become a garden where only Your light can grow. Let pride find no soil left to take root.