[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, the Reverend Dr. Neal T. Jones, Columbia Baptist 
Church, Falls Church, VA, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Heavenly Father, help us to discover an everlasting joy to replace 
our perennial search for happiness. We are weary of hunting for 
momentary happiness. We are tired of recreation that does not recreate. 
We are tired of smiling with a lump in our throat. We are exhausted by 
moments of leisure when we cannot shed our pain.
  We praise You that we have located the Master, our joyful Person. For 
the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross. We ask for the 
power to pursue the joy of purpose. Thank You that joy can come in our 
pain because our purpose is great. Restore unto us the joy of living 
with Your help.
  In Jesus' name. Amen.
  

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