[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Serendipitous Lord, fill our day with surprises of Your intervention. 
You have a wonderful way of going way beyond our expectations. When we 
least expect it, we feel the artesian surge of Your Spirit within, 
giving us fresh strength, supernatural creativity, and divine 
inspiration. You invade the glumness of our human efforts with the 
gladness of Your presence. You use people to speak words of comfort or 
courage or to simply be there as human angels, Your messengers, sent to 
lift burdens and infuse hope. You resolve problems when we are ready to 
give up. You put joy in our hearts when life interrupts our happiness. 
We are startled by the stunning quality of Your spectacular providence. 
Bless the Senators and all of us privileged to work with them that we 
may all live in awareness of Your unseen closeness and with expectation 
of Your anticipated blessings. Through our Lord and Savior. Amen.

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