[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1655]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today's prayer will be offered by guest 
Chaplain, RADM Harold L. Robinson, deputy chief of Navy chaplains for 
Reserve matters.
  The guest Chaplain offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, keep us always in awe of Your grandeur and Your great 
love for us. You are creator of heaven and Earth, yet You have created 
us in Your own image. Though we are creatures of clay and dust, You 
have shared Your spirit with us. We are conscious, able to distinguish 
good from evil, virtue from vice, selflessness from selfishness. Though 
these contend for mastery of our lives and we complain of the struggle, 
let us recall that Your gift of choice is the grandeur and greatness of 
our humanity. When we choose well and wisely, the hosts rejoice with 
the psalmist and declare: You have made us just a little less than 
divine and crowned us with glory and honor.
  We pray today for all Your creatures. May peace and good will obtain 
among all the inhabitants of all lands, most especially our own. We 
pray fervently for our great Nation and for all whom the people have 
set in authority. Guide and bless this Chamber and the Senators who 
here serve You. May each of them be enlightened with Your wisdom and 
sustained with Your love.
  We pray, too, for those who serve us in harm's way: sailors, 
soldiers, marines, airmen, and coastguardsmen who willingly sacrifice 
the protection and comfort of home and family to defend our safety and 
our security. We pray also for their loved ones left at home, family 
and friends whose daily vigil is the worry for their warrior's well-
being. Eternal God, we pray for warrior and worrier alike. Keep them 
under the protecting shadow of Your wing.
  Dear God, make each of us more worthy messengers of Your will, that 
together we might make real the ancient dream that justice shall flow 
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream and our world 
be perfected under Your unchallenged rule.
  Eternal God, bless us and protect us. Look favorably upon us and be 
gracious to us. Take notice of us and grant us the blessing of peace.
  And let us join in saying Amen.

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