[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, this is a day for rejoicing over the manifold good 
things You have given us. Help us to take nothing and no one for 
granted. As we move through this day, help us to savor the sheer wonder 
of being alive. Thank You for giving us the ability to think, 
understand, and receive Your guidance. We praise You for the people You 
have placed in our lives. Help us to appreciate the never-to-be-
repeated miracle of each personality.
  We are grateful for the challenges we have before us which compel us 
to depend on You more. Thank You, too, for opportunities that are 
beyond our ability to fulfill so that we may be forced to trust You for 
wisdom and strength. We rejoice over Your daily interventions to help 
us; we even rejoice in our problems, for they allow You to show us Your 
power to provide solutions. Free us to rejoice in the privilege of new 
discoveries.
  In all things, great and small, we rejoice in You, gracious Lord of 
all! Through the indwelling presence and inspiring power of our Savior 
and Lord. Amen.

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