Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we have dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
With the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity
And in our efforts to build a new earth,
We have allowed our vision
Of the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wider seas
Where storms will show your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
We ask You to push back
The horizons of our hopes;
And to push into the future
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain,
Who is Jesus Christ.
Francis Drake, 1577
isn’t this a great prayer? also a risky prayer if we really mean it. Thanks Mia.
Great words from a guy who dared to dream big.
Blessings XX
Mia
Glad it is one you can share, Laura. I read it a long time ago and just ran across it this week ago. We both blog “dangerous” prayers this week. What is God leading us to?
Just LOVE this, Jeanie. Sharing it with my students this fall…