A prayer of Sir Francis Drake-circa 1650

I have been cleaning up my sewing room/office to prepare for a big embroidery session and found this prayer by Sir Francis Drake. It is just as relavent today as it was in 1650. Pray it with me if you dare.

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,

When our dreams have come true because we 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 wilder seas where storm 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 us in the future in strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain, who is Jesus Christ.

Amen.