79R20330 JTR-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.R. No. 2292



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The religious traditions that have nurtured Texas 
and its people spring from many sources, and just as the boundaries 
of Texas encompass an area of unsurpassed geographical diversity, 
so does its collective spirituality embrace a dazzling array of 
faiths; and
	WHEREAS, The great religions that have shaped the history of 
the Lone Star State cherish in common the belief in a single deity, 
and this concept is aptly expressed in the following invocation:
		To the God of the Panhandle. To the God of 
the Rio Grande Valley. To the God of the 
High Plains. To the God of the Gulf Coast. 
To the God of the Piney Woods. To the God of 
Central Texas. To the God of West Texas. To 
the God of rural Texas. To the God of urban 
Texas. To the God of the poor. To the God of 
the powerful. We thank you for being one 
God, and we pray that our differences serve 
to keep Texas one under God.  Amen.

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	WHEREAS, In recognizing that God may appear in many forms 
even while retaining divine wholeness, this stirring prayer draws 
together countless strands of individual spiritual experience, and 
in so doing reaffirms both our common origins as humans and our 
shared destiny as Texans; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby commemorate and recognize this prayer as a 
powerful invocation of the spiritual and geographical diversity of 
Texas.