Disturb Us, Lord - Sir Francis Drake

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.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,

Who is Jesus Christ.

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Today I realize…

That I am just but a part of the bigger universe, a mere piece of a puzzle that corresponds to God’s bigger plans.

That the world does not revolve around me, that my plans are secondary only to the plan that God has already laid out for my life. 

And that my trials, the tools that God uses to disturb me, they are mere instruments reminding me that I should learn to surrender control – to give way to the great things that God has in store for me.

“Say So” by Israel and New Breed

The End

Have you ever wondered about the thoughts running in the mind of people who have ever considered killing themselves?

What events could have brought on that chilling thought? What possible circumstances have brought them to the conclusion that non existence is the best option? What kind of darkness could have caused them to finally surrender and give up on life?

What could have pushed the person to consider pulling the trigger, or stepping in front of a fast-running vehicle, or jumping from the nth floor of a building?

Have they ever thought about what’s to come after their body is discovered? Whether their families will accept their fate, or whether they will have a hard time coming to terms with reality? Whether they will be remembered for a long time, whether their death will cause years of anguish to the people who know them, or whether they will be forgotten after a year or two?