[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1129]
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:
  Gracious God, we pray You draw near, and remind us once again how 
good it is to be close to You.
  Come alongside our lawmakers today that their walk would fall in step 
with Your own purpose.
  Provide them encouragement when their work and their desire for 
progress seems frustrated and hopeless.
  Guide them with Your counsel when they find themselves inclined to 
lead on impulse.
  And grant them confidence in Your grace plan when they are confounded 
with uncertainty and hesitation.
  Show them the importance of patience when they face intransigence and 
narrow-mindedness among their colleagues.
  And when, on this journey, our hearts become embittered, show us how 
to love as You have loved us.
  Sovereign God, despite our best efforts, we may fail today. But You 
are the strength of our hearts and our reward forever. In this promise 
and in Your presence, sustain us in the living of these days.
  Amen.

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