In all the posts that i’ve made about our “Disturb Us Lord” shirt i’m so surprised that I never once included the poem / writing that inspired it.
Read below for the full writing and enjoy:
“Disturb us, Lord, when We are too well pleased with ourselves
When our dreams have come true because we 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 us in the future In strength, courage, hope, and love.”
*Artwork by Anthony
This writing has inspired my life in such a huge way and I pray that it finds a special part of you to inspire as well!