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.
attributed – sir francis drake -1577
I have a copy of this prayer by my bed. I think this may have something to do with why our house in Mystic still isn’t rented (yes, December will be the third month of no rent coming in on a very expensive mortgage, whittling away our savings pretty quickly!) and we have a few other things in our lives that could really stress a person out. But, we know that the Lord is faithful and He is working things for our good; that is, for our spiritual maturity and not necessarily to make us comfortable.
Just for funsies, here’s my cute little Adelie-pie, who likes to do her own hair now that she’s five:
