Proverbs 3:5-6 "lean not on your own understanding"has been a verse I have used many times personally and while teaching. (I can do this since I teach in a Catholic school).
It was most helpful on Sept.11 when I had to break the news to the 8th grade sitting in front of me. I knew in that split second I had to choose very carefully what I would say.I remember every movement,thought, sight of where I was when Kennedy was shot. I knew it would be the same for these children.
The wife of Columbia's shuttle commander(Husband) was on the TODAY show this morning and related that this verse was a favorite of her husband and it has helped sustain their family through their loss.Isn't God good to have left us with these words and to give us the gift of the promise of life with Him in heaven after our time here is finished.