prayer of st. francis drake
This is the prayer that ignited the desire in me.
Prayer of 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.
Vacation’s almost over!
15 days more to go and then I’m off to start going to school again and working again. At last I survived summer! This would be my longest break ever since I started working in May 1998. I’ve never been used to long vacation even when I was still working. Obviously, my body and my mind were not used to it. It was just amazing that I have survived it, to think that I have no income, and practically have less money to spend. But God was truly up to spoil me and give me a break. This summer was really memorable as I spent time with my closest friends in Bohol for a weekend (salamat sa miles!); spent a great deal of time with my neice MJ; went to Caliraya with my mom, brothers, sisters-in-law, aunts and uncle, cousins, cousins-in-law, neices and nephew; met up with dear friends for lunch, dinner, and sleep-over; received good news (offered a job and invited for a spiritual direction sessions); treated by generous friends, among many things. But of course, aside from these light, wonderful moments, there were defining moments as well that happened this summer, those moments that I consider turning points in my life, when I had to choose which path to take at this point in my life…no regrets, I am at peace with my decision.
I am truly grateful to GOD for His unending and untiring show of generosity, providence, and affection to me to the point of really spoiling me. I know that whatever I ask God now, He will grant me. And I mean anything! But I know that God wants me to just ask one thing — what my heart truly desires. This is one promise He gave me:”ask that one thing you truly desire and I will give it to you.” That is why, I am in pursuit of that one desire…what would it be? what do I desire? what would make me happy? what would make me at peace? I try to search in my innermost being what is it that I truly desire…is it having a happy relationship? is it helping others get closer to God? is it having the nice things in life? is it feeling at peace and content with who I am, what I have, where I am? Among these, which do I truly desire? It is difficult for me to answer because to start with I haven’t really asked myself sincerely and honestly this question. I guess because I am afraid of what the answer would be…I am afraid that I may not even get and be given what I desire. Yet, things are different now. God has already given His promise that He will grant it as long as I seek and know what I truly desire. And then it just makes sense. God wants me to seek what I desire because whatever it is, it is also what He desires for me… it is the desire that He himself has put in my heart.
And so the search continues…
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