Disburb Us

Today I share with you one of my favorite prayers attributed to 16th century explorer Sir Francis Drake. If you are familiar with his colorful but disturbing exploits, once you read this prayer you'll see that God can work through any of us...even you and me!

Disturb us, O Lord, when we are too pleased with ourselves; when our dreams come true because we dreamed too little; when we have arrived in safety because we have sailed too close to the shore. 

Disturb us, O Lord, when with the abundance of the things we possess, we have lost our thirst for the water of life; when having fallen in love with time, we have ceased to dream of eternity; and in our efforts to build the new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new heaven to grow dim. 

Stir us, O Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas where storms shall show thy mastery and, where losing sight of the land, we shall find the stars. 

In the name of Him who pushed back the horizons of our hopes and invited the brave to follow, even the name of Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.