Irony of Life

As much as possible, I try to hear Wednesday mass weekly. It has become an essential part of my life. Today, I was so blessed to hear mass. I felt that the priest's homily is directed to me. He used a powerpoint presentation for his homily, the whole homily touched me and gave me inner peace. One of the slides says "When God comes into your life, you will certainly be disturbed. He does so to rearrange it. Be assured that the result is more beautiful than what was used to be."

Now I know, God is rearranging my life, He wants to realign my way of life in accordance to His will, He is using this trial to bring forth a better me, to bless me and all my loved ones with a life pleasing to Him, a life of service to Him. 

The priest also presented a prayer written by Francis Drake, an adventurer.
Here's the prayer:

Disturb us, Lord, when

We are too 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 wilder 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 back the future

In strength, courage, hope, and love.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,

Who is Jesus Christ.

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Thank you Lord for disturbing my seemingly "comfortable" life so I can soon

experience a fuller life with you as the Captain.

Knowing that You are rearranging my life makes me feel so peaceful,
disturbed yet peaceful...