[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 555]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Dear Father, who has graciously made each of us a never-to-be-
repeated miracle of uniqueness, we praise You that we can be ourselves 
because You love us, we can use our gifts because You gave them to us, 
and we can grasp the opportunities You provide because You want to 
surprise us with Your goodness. All that we possess and have become is 
because of Your providence. The wonder of it all is that it is Your 
nature to go beyond what You have done or given before. This gives the 
zest of expectation and excitement to our lives. It also helps us to 
know that we can come to You with our worries and anxieties, our fears 
and frustrations, our hopes and hurts.
  You know us as we really are and see beneath the shining armor of 
pretended sufficiency. You know when we are at the end of our tethers 
and need Your strength; You understand our discouragements and 
disappointments and renew our hope; You feel our physical and emotional 
pain and heal us. You have told us that to whom much is given, much 
will be required. Thank You that You have taught us that of whom much 
is required, much shall be given. Help us not to be stingy receivers 
today. You are our Saviour and Lord. Amen.

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