‘Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:  though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’

‘For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.’

‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…

‘And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.’

‘This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.’

‘This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.’

‘Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:  he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.’

‘Rejoice evermore.

‘It came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:  who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.’

‘We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.’

Richard Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) (Colonel, USAF) was an American astronaut and fighter pilot. He traveled into space twice: as Pilot of STS-96 and Commander of STS-107. He and the rest of the crew of STS-107 were killed when Columbia disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Husband is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

‘As he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.’

‘Let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.’