Clinging to My Detritus

In order for me to be willing to have God remove it from me I have to be willing not to do it. ~ Ben Wilson

Hoarders television show gave visual evidence
of compulsive hoarding disorder and a visualization
of eating disorders and other compulsions.
What does it mean to become entirely ready
to have God remove our defects of character?
Do we honestly and humbly ask Him
to remove our shortcomings?
Did we cling to our wrongs, refusing to acknowledge
their exact nature? Am I more willing than a hoarder
to release my hold on my cherished behaviors?
God, let it be so.