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 shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess
We have lost the 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 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.
-Sir Francis Drake
I haven't written in a really long time... but I hope to write more later. But this prayer by Sir Francis Drake seems fitting at this time.
