[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, who has given us the gift of life, bless us this day in 
the work we will do. We praise You for work that can be done as an 
expression of worship of You. We bring the meaning of our faith to our 
work rather than making our work the ultimate meaning of our lives. 
With that perspective, we seek to do everything to Your glory. We pray 
for mental alertness, emotional stability, and physical strength to 
achieve excellence in all that we do. Thank You for Your companionship 
in tasks great and small. It is awesome to contemplate that You who are 
in control of the universe have placed us in charge of what You want us 
to accomplish.
  Fill us with Your joy and make us cheerful people who make others 
happier because we are with them. Make us a blessing and not a burden, 
a lift and not a load, a delight and not a drag. It is great to be 
alive. Help us make a difference because of the difference You have 
made for us. In the name of our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

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