[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear God, this is one of those days when we really need two alarm 
clocks: One to wake us up and the other to remind us of why we are up. 
Give us a two-alarm wake-up call every hour of today--an alarm to go 
off inside us to wake us up to the wonderful privilege of being alive, 
and the other to claim the wondrous power You offer us to do Your will 
in all the responsibilities and challenges You have given us.
  Keep us sensitive to see You at work in the world around us, active 
in the lives of people and abundant in Your blessings. Astonish us with 
evidences of Your intervening love. When we least expect You, You are 
there. May we never lose the capacity to be constantly amazed by what 
You are up to in our lives and the lives of people around us. You have 
taught us that a bored, bland, unsurprisable, unamazed person is a 
contradiction in terms.
  So, Lord, give us courage to attempt what only You could help us 
achieve. Renew our enthusiasm; invigorate our vision; replenish our 
strength. With eyes, minds, and hearts wide open, we press on to the 
day. In the name of Him who gives us abundant life. Amen.

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