[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer.
  Gracious Father, help us not to lose our sense of humor. Free us to 
laugh at ourselves when we do the wrong thing at the right time or the 
right thing at an inappropriate time. Sometimes we say things that make 
us cringe when we review the day. When we take ourselves too seriously 
we tighten up and become tense. Little issues become so crucial we miss 
the big issues confronting us. We worry about what others think of us.
  Relieve us of our assumed importance and help us realize they seldom 
do think of us. Forgive us for all the good energy we waste on checking 
our own popularity pulse. Make us so secure in Your love that we can 
lighten up, and then, listen up to what You want us to be and do about 
what really matters. Make us carefree, but never careless. In the name 
of Jesus who taught us that by worrying we could not add one cubit to 
our stature, but by seeking first Your kingdom all things that are 
truly important would be ours as well. Amen.

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