tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150778002011-04-22T10:21:40.913+08:00eggplanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09056670429424121594noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15077800.post-1139410600447546472006-02-08T22:46:00.000+08:002006-02-08T22:59:34.686+08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">A disturbance...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I first encountered this prayer back in college. I don't know why for some reason it just popped back into my consciousness. Then again, everything happens for a reason...whatever the reason is, I hope to understand it soon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Am sharing it to you, might stir something in you too...</span><br /><br />*****************<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Disturb us, O Lord</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Disturb us, O Lord, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When we are too well-pleased with ourselves, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When our dreams have come true because We dreamed too little; </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When we have arrived in safety because we sailed too close of the shore. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Disturb us, O Lord, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When with the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst for the Water of life; </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When, having fallen in love with time, We have ceased to dream of eternity; </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And in our efforts to build a new earth, Have allowed our vision for the New Haven to grow dim. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stir us, O Lord To dare more boldly </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">To venture seas where storms shall show thy mastery, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Where losing sight of land We shall find the stars. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the name of Him Who pushed back the horizons of our hopes </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And invited the brave to follow Him.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Amen.</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15077800-113941060044754647?l=eggplan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eggplanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09056670429424121594noreply@blogger.com1