[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 108 (Monday, July 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8034]
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:
  Teach us, O God, to make good use of our time, that precious gift 
that we use to our benefit or to our harm. When we have new 
opportunities and health we think that time will never end, and when we 
face the adversities or afflictions that certainly come, our span of 
days runs out and we yearn for more time. Encourage us, O gracious God, 
to use our time wisely so that we do not miss Your blessings of faith 
and hope and love but rather embrace them, hold to them, and never let 
them go. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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