Sadness

A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. …