As the gut wrenching story unfolds from Penn State, I have found myself angry at the vile act, sad for the victims and their families, heartbroken for an 84 year old man and his family, and perplexed at the many ways our world responds to such a crisis.

As the winningest coach in the history of college football is released, here are some lessons I learned through his last days:

• What you don’t do is often louder and than what you do.
• How you finish is much more important than how you start.
• One of the worst decisions to make is to decide to do nothing or little.
• I never want to end with the phrase “I wish I had done more”
• He was informed of a grave wickedness and did little; I see wickedness daily and do little…we both need grace.
• My identity is found in Jesus alone, my righteous is by Him alone; never my job no matter how good or bad I am at it.
• Redemption comes from Jesus alone, not apologies or ‘right doing’

Oh, how I am thankful that the Gospel is by the grace of Jesus alone and not of my own doing.