the gift of mondays

"be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 that's the verse i heard. that's the scripture that came to me. that's the promise that got me through the storm. my dad was dying. at least that's what the world said. his cancer had returned and spread. what once started in his prostate, eventually moved to his colon, his lungs, his kidneys. it was one of those things that everyone said would happen, but i had never allowed myself to believe. because my dad was too strong. and had too much faith. and was too good of a person to die like that. strong people like him don't lose the fight. people with faith like his don't die. good people like him -the kind that would give you the shirt off their back- don't die. they can't die. they're invincible. they're indestructible. they're loved. and people who are loved like that wouldn't die. couldn't die. shouldn't die. but they do. and they can. and he