Disturb Us, Lord

[Madre]

The Prayer of Sir Francis Drake

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.

[luvmy4sons]

Oooooo...scary and yet wise words. God's refining fire is alwyas a good thing. But whew! Anyone else ever tremble at the thought of it at times? Still, I agree whole heartedly. I loved it. Thanks Madre! :)

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Leslie, I was thinking the same thing. I was actually thinking that saying that when you are already walking closely with the Lord might be kinda easy. When you feel far away and very scared already its even more frightening.