[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13198]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O Lord of the storm and the calm, the troubled sea and the quiet 
brook, give the Members of this body strength for today. Help them as 
they find common ground and adapt themselves to the surprises each day 
can bring. Remind them that life is often difficult and that they need 
You in every season. Save them from being so preoccupied with 
difficulties that they cannot see all the opportunities about them. 
Help them not to run ahead of You or to lag behind. Instead, may they 
walk with You at Your pace, in Your timing, and toward Your goals. 
Lord, lift them above pettiness so that they will accomplish the tasks 
that need to be done.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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