[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 124 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Richard C. Halverson, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  In a moment of silent prayer, let us remember Beth Ormond, who works 
in the stationery room of the Senate, critically ill with cancer in the 
hospital.
  O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me * * * there is not a word 
in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether * * *. How 
precious * * * are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of 
them! * * * Search me, O God, and know my heart * * * and lead me in 
the way everlasting.--Psalm 139:1, 4, 17, 23, 24.
  Sovereign God, the psalmist makes it very clear that there is nothing 
about us You do not know. You know us infinitely more than we know 
ourselves. Past, present, future, You know us in microscopic detail--
our thoughts, our words yet unspoken.
  The psalmist informs us that You have a perfect plan for our lives, a 
plan which promises total fulfillment in all our potential. Gracious 
Lord, give us grace to take the truth of the psalmist seriously and to 
walk in Thy way in the confidence that, even ``in the valley of the 
shadow of death,'' You are with us, and we have nothing to fear; and 
help us realize that it is never too late to submit to Your perfect 
plan.
  In the name of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Amen.

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