[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 153 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H4503]
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:
  O Lord, our God, You are our refuge and our shield, our help in ages 
past, our hope for years to come. And yet, day after day, we lean on 
our own understanding to sort out the confusion of our lives and the 
uncertainty that attempts to overwhelm us.
  Sustain us, O God, according to Your promise, that we would know how 
You would have us live into this turmoil. In You, may we find our 
purpose.
  O Lord, our God, You are our refuge and our shield, our help in ages 
past, and our hope for years to come. But today, we stand rattled by 
the upheaval of things believed in, time invested, sacrifices made. 
Nothing seems trustworthy, years seem wasted, losses in vain.
  Sustain us, O God, according to Your promise, that we would know how 
You would have us live into this grief. In You may we find our purpose.
  O Lord, our God, You are our refuge and our shield, our help in ages 
past, our hope for years to come. Lift up our eyes to Your saving 
power. Transform our vain efforts into building blocks for change. 
Uphold us in our weakness that our frailty would reveal Your mercy.
  Sustain us, O God, according to Your promise, that we would know how 
You would have us live into Your strength. In You may we find our 
purpose.
  O Lord, our God, our refuge, our shield, our help, our hope, sustain 
us that in You we will live and find our purpose.
  We offer these prayers in Your most gracious name.
  Amen.

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