[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 122 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9303]
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, this is a day for rejoicing over the manifold good 
things You have given us. Help us to take nothing and no one for 
granted. As we move through this day, help us to savor the sheer wonder 
of being alive. Thank You for giving us the ability to think, 
understand, and receive Your guidance. We praise You for the people You 
have placed in our lives. Help us to appreciate the never-to-be-
repeated miracle of each personality.
  We are grateful for the challenges we have before us, which compel us 
to depend on You more. Thank You, too, for the opportunities that are 
beyond our ability to fulfill so that we may be forced to trust You for 
wisdom and strength to accomplish them. We rejoice over Your daily 
interventions to help us; we even rejoice in our problems, for they 
allow You to show us what You can do with a life entrusted to You. 
Rather than pray, ``Get me out of this,'' help us to pray, ``Lord, what 
do You want me to get out of this?'' Then free us to rejoice in the 
privilege of new discoveries.
  Today, gracious Lord, we express our sympathy to Senator Daniel Akaka 
on the loss of his brother, the Reverend Abraham Akaka, who made such a 
great impact on the State of Hawaii. Bless this family in their time of 
need.
  And so, Lord, in all things, great and small, we rejoice in You, 
gracious Lord of all. Through our Saviour and Lord. Amen.

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