[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 634]
[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 the perseverance to meet today's 
challenges. Help them as they find common ground and adapt themselves 
to the surprises each day can bring. Remind them that life is real and 
often difficult and that they need You in every season of their 
sojourn. Save them from being so preoccupied with the difficulties that 
they cannot see all the opportunities about them. Lord, help them to 
not run ahead of You or to lag behind. Instead, may they walk with You, 
at Your pace, in Your timing, and toward Your goals.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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