I came across a beautiful prayer composed by Francis Drake, English navigator, a beautiful prayer that challenges man to search for adventure and go beyond what the world offers. This is a timely prayer for people who got tired of monotonous life and is in search for something else different.
“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 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 horizon of our hopes,
And to push us into the
future in strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name
of our Captain, who is Jesus Christ.”
There is beauty beyond
the comforts of where we are, go have an adventure!
by aats
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