[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The guest Chaplain, Dr. G. Gil Watson, of Northside United Methodist 
Church, Atlanta, GA, offered the following prayer:
  O God you are the Author of action. You breathed into Your creation, 
and life resulted. You spoke, and the world came into being. You have 
led Your children from bondage into freedom over and over again. We 
praise Your name for this great Nation and for the men and women of 
action who have paid the last full measure to devotion so that we might 
live in a free land.
  We long for a time when Your promises come true and You fulfill Your 
dreams of justice and mercy for all humankind. Break down the walls 
that divide us; trample the prejudices that separate us; and part the 
seas of doubt that confuse us. Help us to move toward a wealth not 
dependent on possessions, toward a wisdom not based on books, toward a 
strength not bolstered by might.
  Move across this Senate with the breath of Your Spirit so that the 
women and men of this Senate will find inspiration in servanthood. You 
endowed each one of them with the unique abilities they possess and a 
desire to serve. Protect them with Your might. Surround them with Your 
peace, and send the wind of Your Spirit into this Senate Chamber so 
that they will be wise in Your ways.
  Breathe on us, breath of God. Fill us with life anew that we may love 
as You love and do what You would do. Amen.

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