[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 164 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4989]
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 eternal God, like Ezekiel, we have stepped out of the 
frenetic events of this past week, and we wait for a word from You. We 
have been zealous to do what we believe to be right, unwavering in our 
devotion to the calling to which You have called us to serve our 
country and You.
  There have been many winds, strong and powerful, tearing down 
structures and damaging foundations, but You were not in that wind.
  There have been earthshaking displays of power and force, fires which 
have scorched our lives, but You were not in the earthquake nor in the 
fire.
  Grant us then ears to hear Your still small voice that we would leave 
the shelter we have created as security for ourselves. Call us out to 
return to the business at hand, yielding to Your guidance and leaning 
on Your promise to reveal Your mercy and Your steadfast love for Your 
people.
  In sure and certain hope of Your deliverance, we offer our prayers, 
calling on Your redeeming name.
  Amen.

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