[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2001]
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:
  Be gracious to these, our lawmakers, O God. Shower Your mercy on them 
as they continue to take on the challenges of their office.
  Schedules press on them; obligations pursue them all the day long. No 
one more than You knows the pace they keep, the long days and restless 
nights, the unrelenting schedule they juggle to master, and the 
countless and circuitous flights home to their districts.
  In You may they find their respite. Keep their feet from falling, 
that they may walk before You in the light You shine on their lives.
  In You may they place their trust. Keep their consciences clear and 
their motives pure as You guide their decisions.
  In You may they be assured that their worries and concerns are known. 
Keep them in Your care, that nothing can snatch them from Your hand.
  To You, then, may they turn, confident of Your deliverance and sure 
in the stamina You provide. To You may they offer their praise, and to 
Your Word may they turn.
  In Your saving name we pray.
  Amen.

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