Repentance

Beneath the calm, within the light, A hid unruly appetite Of swifter life, a surer hope, Strains every sense to larger scope, Impatient to anticipate The halting steps of aged Fate. Now listen to Ringside.

Repentance means to turn or change your mind. It is not a turn from sin to righteousness. It is a turn from sin to the righteous Son of God who has defeated all sin.

The truth is we’ve always mixed up the roles of penitent and priest.

Being able to tell the difference between truth and lies is at the core of repentance.

Jesus lives to intercede. So we needn’t bring him our feigned righteousness or our faux rehabilitation.