[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7082]
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:
  Holy and gracious God, thank You for the countless times You 
demonstrate the intimacy of Your love for us--through the affection of 
a loved one, a desire met, serendipitous moments that grace our days 
with evidence of Your hand in our lives.
  How easy it is to believe, having seen Your power at work, Your 
creative activity in the living of our days, in the healing of those we 
love and care for. We are truly blessed.
  Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief.
  We ask Your blessing when we can't see, when the hurts, the evil, and 
the confusion of the world obscure any evidence of Your concern for us 
and deny Your willingness or ability to bring order to our chaos.
  In this confusion, may we find certainty that transcends doubt. In 
our fear, may we find faith that sees beyond our hopelessness. And as 
we wait upon You, may we trust in Your sovereign power by which all 
things are possible for those who, even without seeing, believe.
  In the inimitable power of Your name, we pray.
  Amen.

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