[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 139 (Friday, August 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7723]
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:
  To You, O Lord, we lift up our souls. All that we are, all that we 
hope to be, we give to You. For in You, O God, we place our trust, 
knowing that Your grace is our shield, Your love our defense.
  Show us Your ways, O Lord, and lead us according to Your paths. Do 
not allow Your will to be hidden from us, but guide us in the light of 
Your truth. Forbid it that we remain ignorant or indifferent to Your 
direction, but may we respond to Your clear instruction and discern the 
way You would have us go.
  For You are the God of our salvation. In You, time, as we measure it, 
cannot contain the depth of Your grace plan. We need only wait on You, 
and all things will be made known in accordance with Your infinite 
intent for our lives.
  Such knowledge is too wonderful for us, too great for us to 
understand. So may we trust that You will hem us in behind and before, 
that You will lay Your hand on us. In this may we trust in and enjoy 
Your abiding presence with us this day.
  We offer our prayers in the power of Your most holy name.
  Amen.

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