[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  For the beauty of life's gifts and for the splendor of Your grace, we 
offer our thanks, gracious God, for the new day. Though we must know 
the details of the particulars of each event, yet may we not only focus 
on what is in front of us, but lift our eyes to glimpse the vision of 
the opportunities You have prepared for each of us. O loving God, from 
whom has come our creation and the sustenance of the heavens and the 
earth, may Your strong arm support us along life's way and may Your 
spirit sustain us in all we ask or think or do. In Your name we pray. 
Amen.

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