[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Lord of all life, thank You for the gift of time. You have given us 
the hours of this day to work for Your glory by serving our Nation. 
Remind us that there is enough time in any one day to do what You want 
us to accomplish. Release us from that rushed feeling when we overload 
Your agenda for us with added things which You may not have intended 
for us to cram into today. Help us to live on Your timing. Grant us 
serenity when we feel irritated by trifling annoyances, by temporary 
frustration, by little things to which we must give our time and 
attention. May we do what the moment demands with a glad heart. Give us 
the courage to carve out time for quiet thought and creative planning 
to focus our attention on the big things we must debate and eventually 
decide with a decisive vote. Help us to be silent, wait on You, and 
receive Your guidance. May the people we serve and those with whom we 
work sense that, in the midst of the pressures of political life, we 
have had our minds replenished by listening to You. Through our Lord 
and Savior. Amen.

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