“[That you] may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

“He will tend His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.”

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. but I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.”

“If, then, you were raised in Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; set your minds on the things above, not on the things of earth, for you died and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.”

“…the righteous are as bold as a lion.”

“But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.”

“Now it was the day of the Preparation of the Passover.”

“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.”

“For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.”

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies…”

“And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

“All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: ‘Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?’ All your enemies rail against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth…”

“Those who look to [YHWH] are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.”

“So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging.”

“Whatever you do, work from your [very] soul, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance…”

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called…Prince of Peace…”

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…”

“My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me…”

“I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit…”

In the midst of the soul’s sorrow over lost lives, how is the Christ follower to respond?