For many, the spring semester, senior year is the beginning of the end: graduation! Some are excited about it, some of terrified of it, and still others aren't quite sure what to feel about it. Regardless of your feelings at this very moment reading this article, you will more than likely feel any number of emotions between the spectrum of excited and terrified as the date nears.

For those moments when you're struggling, happy, or unsure about graduation, here are a few verses to hold near to your heart:

1. For comfort

Psalm 119:76

May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

Luke 12:7

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

John 14:1

Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.

2. For celebration

Isaiah 49:13

Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Psalm 34:2

With all my heart, I will praise the LORD. Let all who are helpless, listen and be glad.

3. For strength

Deuteronomy 31:7-8

Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

Psalm 119:76

May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant

4. For sadness

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

5. For hope

Lamentations 3:25

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.