Good Morning Garden

To repent means, really, to change one’s mind concerning something. When a person realizes that a particular action, or a certain line of conduct, or perhaps the whole direction of his life, has been wrong, and honestly resolves to change his conduct, he has repented. The Bible makes true repentance an essential condition for any spiritual progress, and for the forgiveness of sin. Jesus said,
Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3).

Repentance does not mean grieving for past mistakes, because this is dwelling in the past, and our duty is to dwell in the present and make this moment right. Worrying over past mistakes is remorse, and remorse is a sin, for it is a refusal to accept God’s forgiveness.

John the Baptist said, Repent ye: for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 3:2). This means that you should change your thought and know that the Presence of God is where you are.

There are few things more difficult than to recognize and accept than that we are wrong and are acting wrongly. It requires courage, strength, honesty, clarity and a burning desire to be good and to do good. Once that hurdle has been overcome, then we must repent and change what we are doing wrong. That is very hard when the wrong behavior is something we desire greatly, enjoy immensely or which is fed by deep fear. After our repentance, we must make our repentance a reality by acting in a new and better way from that point on. Once again, very difficult. In fact, these things are so difficult that our success with them is only assured by asking for God’s help and then following God’s guidance.

The Garden is waiting,
Z gardener