DISTURB US, LORD

Disturb us Lord, when we’re 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 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 a

New Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture

On wider seas where storms will show

Ur 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.