A Prayer for the Future
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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 the with 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 for the new Heaven to dim.
Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wilder 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.
~ Sir Frances Drake ~
