[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1615]
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:
  Almighty God, in You we trust and pray Your blessing on this House 
and its Members. In these first days of spring, may we see the example 
of new life emerging from the bleakest of seasons, confident in Your 
care and sure of Your purpose. As trees planted by streams of water, 
may we extend our roots: ourselves, our energy, and our desires to the 
refreshment of Your life-giving spirit.
  And when the heat of our days increases, and the schedule becomes 
withering, restore us with a reinvigorated desire to serve You.
  When the storms of debate and disagreements intensify, may we not 
throw ourselves into the path of the tempest, but live into the grace 
we receive from Your promises.
  And when the drought of certainty and the famine of significance seem 
to deplete us of any vestige of hope, revive our faithfulness that we, 
in this season, may bear fruit for Your kingdom.
  We offer this prayer in the strength of Your name.
  Amen.

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