Jenny's Blog

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

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 arrive safely because we have 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.

>>>>>>>>>>Read this prayer of Sir Francis Drake and thought what a good thing it would be for us to be disturbed,shaken up by God,taken away from what we are comfortable with.Daring to go that step further,to try something we think we can't do and yeah, maybe even to fail trying..