I will comfort those who mourn,

bringing words of praise to their lips.

May they have abundant peace, 

both near and far,”
    
says the Lord, 

who heals them.

Isaiah 57:18-19

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,

    the Holy One, says this:

“I live in the high and holy place

    with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.

I restore the crushed spirit of the humble

    and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

Isaiah 57:15

Good people pass away;

    the godly often die before their time.

    But no one seems to care or wonder why.

No one seems to understand

    that God is protecting them from the evil to come.

For those who follow godly paths

    will rest in peace when they die.

Isaiah 57:1-2

Yet whenever your people turned 

and cried to you again for help, 

you listened once more from heaven. 

In your wonderful mercy, 

you rescued them many times! 

Nehemiah 9:28

For everything there is a season,

    a time for every activity under heaven.

A time to be born and a time to die.

    A time to plant and a time to harvest.

A time to kill and a time to heal.

    A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to cry and a time to laugh.

    A time to grieve and a time to dance.

A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.

    A time to embrace and a time to turn away.

A time to search and a time to quit searching.

    A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear and a time to mend.

    A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate.

    A time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 

I myself will search and find my sheep.

I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. 

I will find my sheep and rescue them..

I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, 

and I will bring them safely home again.”

Ezekiel 34:11, 16  

The Lord made the earth by his power,

    and he preserves it by his wisdom.

With his own understanding

    he stretched out the heavens.

When he speaks in the thunder,

    the heavens roar with rain.

He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.

    He sends the lightning with the rain

    and releases the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:15-17

(Galveston, TX)

Those who listen to instruction will prosper;

those who trust the Lord will be joyful.

Proverbs 16:20 

Have you no respect for me?

Why don’t you tremble in my presence?

I, 

the Lord, 

define the ocean’s sandy shoreline

as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.

The waves may toss and roar,

but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

Isaiah 5:22

Be exalted, 

O God, 

above the highest heavens.

May your glory shine over all the earth.

Psalm 108:5