[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Eternal God, the recent numbers are staggering: 500,000 deaths from 
COVID, 58 people who have died in the winter storms of the last 10 
days, and at one point 4 million households were without power in 
Texas.
  In the face of the enormity of these figures, we come to You this day 
at a loss for words, few answers, and in some cases no hope.
  Speak to us, O infinite Lord. How precious are Your thoughts, how 
vast is their sum. If we could count them, they would outnumber the 
grains of sand. You who have determined the number of the stars and 
call them each by name, great are You our Lord and mighty in power. 
Your understanding has no limit.
  In Your attention to us, You have numbered the hairs on our heads. We 
ask then that You would heal the brokenhearted and bind up their 
wounds. Cover us with Your eternity. May we rest secure in knowing that 
You will never leave nor forsake us.
  It is in the strength of Your everlasting name we pray.
  Amen.

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