[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 72 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3207]
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:
  Let us pray.
  When we meditate on what You would have us be, O gracious God, and 
where our heart and mind ought focus, we become aware that our most 
noble self is achieved when we are filled with the spirit of 
thanksgiving and gratitude for Your wonderful gifts to us. You have 
given us the marvelous blessings of our lives, and in spite of the 
difficulties or discouragements that inevitably crowd about, yet You 
inspire us to lift our voices and our very beings in a spirit of praise 
to You for Your faith and hope and love. No matter how engaged we 
become in the necessary tasks of the day, may we ever experience the 
wonder and awe that comes when we reflect on Your mighty acts of 
creative love.
  This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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