καθως γεγραπται οτι ουκ εστιν δικαιος ουδε εις
“There is none righteous, no not one” Roman 3:11

Some things I learned or rather, relearned this month:

• That injustice looks different to the victim when the victim becomes the perpetrator.
• That what is despised in others is often hidden within one's self.
• That moral weakness given power can become tyrannical.
• That a religious person is not necessarily a holy person.
• That survival often involves becoming a political animal.
• That winning isn't everything.
• That standing alone is lonely.
• That God reaches out to the alone and lonely.
• That compassion for another is not dependent on that person's goodness.
• That sometimes the praise of others isolates more than it connects.
• That filling other peoples' cups fills your own.
• That only God can solve ethical dilemmas.
• That God loves us and wants to be our Father.
• That in spite of ourselves, our God is gracious.
• That there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• That “There in no one good, except God alone” (Luke 18:19)