Francis Drake

Lately I have been doing a lot of reflecting over this prayer so I thought I would share. Just an amazing prayer I think its awesome that a "pirate" wrote this in 1577.

Disturb us, Lord, when 
We are too 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 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 back the future 
In strength, courage, hope, and love.
This we ask in the name of our Captain,
Who is Jesus Christ