[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7672]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord God, we know not what a day may bring, for we borrow our 
heartbeats. Remind us that each day is Your gift to us and an 
opportunity to serve. Keep us from treating any day and its duties with 
indifference. Make us aware that no period of life is time wasted when 
we do Your will.
  Encourage the Members of this body. Remind them that ``those who are 
faithful in little are also faithful in much.'' Keep them from becoming 
distracted by the dream of doing great things when they ought to be 
busy with the task before them.
  We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen.

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