Wilder seas ... The Prayer of Sir Francis Drake
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 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 boldy, to venture on wilder seas where storms will show Your majesty; 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.