Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. -1 Thessalonians 5:18

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! -Psalm 107:1

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. -Colossians 3:17

Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts wit praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! -Psalm 100:4

Every good gift and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17

To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

-e e cummings

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18

“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13

“If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
—Luke 6:27-35

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17b-19

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

“Neither hope nor despair ultimately comes from our circumstances. The body of water in which we are swimming makes no difference. It’s no easier to float in fifty feet of water than in five, and a person can drown in just a few inches of water. Hope will lift or despair will drag down depending on what we hold in our hearts.” – Nicole Johnson in Irrepressible Hope: Devotions to Anchor Your Soul and Buoy Your Spirit