Goodness

It took me many years to fully internalize that fact that no one is all good or all bad. There is not absolute in regards to people and personalities.



Ecclesiastes 7:20, 23 NLT
Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn’t work.

I can clearly remember feeling that I knew. Not all, but I knew I was one of the good guys. I hadn't sinned like ___________. I thought I had learned from the mistakes of others and I was the good guy.

The fall of my sophomore year of college, cough 18 years ago cough, my mother's stepfather passed away. I will never forget the feeling of confusion that clouded my mind as we stood at his graveside. This person who was frequently mean and selfish with his family was touted as a hero among his peers. One who drank the family's grocery money would "give the shirt off his back" for a coworker.

So now I see the mistakes I have made. The sins I have committed set me just as solidly in need of a forgiving Savior.

Now, I am grateful.

Now that I can cut others some slack, I cut myself some slack as well.

 Trudging gratefully along...