a prayer

FRANCIS DRAKE'S PRAYER

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
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.


found this wonderful prayer as i was looking for materials to include in the newsletter. i also got to read a filipino translation of this prayer - although i found it difficult to understand. but it was a beautiful translation, nonetheless.

hmm. i am not half as disturbed as i should be. although i must admit.. i am quite disturbed. mentally. hahaha :p

*sigh* long day ahead. right now i'm almost finished layouting the newsletter. only waiting for a couple more articles. i've *finally* finished my contribution - a rehash of a previous blogpost - though i'm not that happy with it. hehe. sam seems to think it's fine, so i just let it be.

tonight we'll have choir prax at 6pm.. and then recording (for our 2nd album) afterwards. two songs. a capella. hahaha. good luck to all of us. sheesh. i wonder what time we'll get home. *sigh* oh well. i gotta start getting ready for class. calm down, kel.. calm down. deep breathing will help to calm your nerves..