here is what filled his mind and his heart every step of the way: the peace of God that passes all understanding. That’s what marked him. Not anxiety for his wife, not anxiety for his children and his grandchildren, not anxiety for me, not anxiety for the church, not a bit of stress about anything else. He knew. We talked about this. I got to watch it unfold. I got to watch a man die well, filled with the peace of God that passes all understanding.
