When my Dad died in a cart accident (a long time ago) I thought of this story many times. Jesus knew what would happen, delayed His visit, yet wept at their grief. He knows our pain and struggle and He is with us, giving us the strength and grace to handle hard times. He has a plan for lives that is bigger than we realize and He wants to change us into the people we can and should be. But more important, Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Life has no meaning or purpose without Him. When you and I go through the gut wrenching times of life, He is there and He understands each step we take.
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 horizon 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. Amen!*
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