A Prayer for a Small Boat on a Big Sea

By: Mike Frost on: 28.07.06

I heard a lovely prayer while I was at a conference in NZ, written by Sir Francis Drake - it's full of boat and sea imagery so I thought our crew would appreciate it.

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 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 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

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