[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 209 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6995]
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 God, we pray to You often for discernment, for the ability to 
see what we are to do in a day, to understand what we are to do when 
faced with decisions and discover how we are to do what You call us to 
do when the path isn't clear.
  And the answer You give us is so simple. You call us to do one thing 
before You grant us the insight we yearn for. You call us to love and 
to allow our love for You to increase more and more. The answer, You 
say, to all our doubts and fears, uncertainty and anxiety, is love.
  Open our hearts, our minds, and our wills that we would grow in our 
ability to discover and then live into the love You first give us and 
come to trust Your divine will for our lives, even when we cannot see 
what that is. And in receiving Your love, may our love for others 
abound. In this may we grow in knowledge and discernment of Your 
gracious plan for us and for all creation.
  Loving God, we yield ourselves to You and to Your design for us this 
day. May we receive the true vision that comes when we seek to see 
through Your eyes.
  In the love that is found there and then shared when we pray in Your 
name, may we discover the joy that is found in You.
  Amen.

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