“Full repentance involves a 180-degree turn, and without
looking back! …In ritual regret, we mourn our mistakes but
without mending them. There can be no real repentance without
personal suffering and the passage of sufficient time for the
needed cleansing and turning…Chastening is often needed until
the turning is really under way!”
~ Elder Neal A. Maxwell
We can be sorry for the wrong reasons (like when we’re caught
or punished). What can help you be sorry for the right reason?
This is so true... I have found that there are incidents when time is not on my side and I want something immediately, but when it comes to repentance time is a gift. It allows me to reconnect with the Lord and transform myself into something that He would like. It is within the journey of to the end that the change occurs; whereas, if time was not allotted I would not be able to adequately grow, and learn to understand and listen to the will of the Father in my life and transform by habits and lifestyle to be in line with potential would like. The Lord works in mysterious ways that benefits us in so many ways.
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