Some days I think that there must be something else, something more I should be doing... or trusting God to do through me. Something more fulfilling, more eternally valuable.
For me it's much easier to stay where it's comfortable, where I can see the shore. But I sense that I need to be venturing out in new ways. I need to dare to try new things and trust God for the outcome. I need to rest in God's promise that he will daily provide my needs while I focus on eternal things. I need to lose sight of land and find the stars.
"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 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." (Attributed to sixteenth-century explorer Sir Francis Drake.)
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