Disturb Us Lord

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.

Sir Francis Drake