[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H199]
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:
  Eternal God, teach us to number our days, not that we would count 
down to the next milestone or fear the future ahead of us, but that we 
would come to value and to appreciate the moments You have given us.
  Teach us to number the days of our work, that we would understand 
that each day matters. The decisions we make, the encounters we have, 
the privilege we have been given to labor in Your vineyard, all that we 
do contributes to the work to which You have entrusted us.
  Teach us to number the days with our loved ones, that we would seize 
the opportunity to acknowledge even the smallest gesture of love and 
appreciate the greatest favor You have bestowed on us, to share this 
life with the precious people we call friends and the special ones we 
know as family.
  Teach us to number the days of our lives, that we would use our time 
on Earth to appreciate the freedoms You have endowed us, to seek the 
wisdom You reveal to us, and to demonstrate the mercy and love You have 
shown us.
  Teach us to number our days, that we may live this day wisely.
  We offer this prayer in Your sovereign name.
  Amen.

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