[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 195 (Friday, December 8, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Lord of all life, thank You for the gift of time. You have given us 
the hours of this day to work for Your glory by serving our Nation. 
Remind us that there is enough time in any one day to do what You want 
us to accomplish. Release us from that rushed feeling when we overload 
Your agenda for us with things which You may not have intended for us 
to cram into today. Help us to live on Your timing. Grant us serenity 
when we feel irritated by trifling annoyances, by temporary 
frustration, by little things to which we must give time and attention. 
May we do what the moment demands with a heart of readiness. Also give 
us the courage to carve out time for quiet thought and creative 
planning to focus our attention on the big things we must debate, and 
eventually decide with a decisive vote. Help us to be silent, wait on 
You, and receive Your guidance. May the people we serve and those with 
whom we work sense that in the midst of pressure and the rough and 
tumble of political life, we have had our minds replenished by 
listening to You. In the name of our Lord. Amen.

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