Saturday, April 21, 2007

Prayers for a Saturday



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

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you reverend mommy for posting for me when I was internet-less. This is particularly important in that I do feel God has disturbed me during this time.

And thanks for the picture.

see-through faith said...

I came across this prayer a long time ago (maybe on your blog RevMommy) and it's spoken to me a lot. Thanks for the reminder.