Joy & True Repentance

When we hear the term repentance, what comes to mind? A lifestyle of true Christian repentance is filled with joy and wonder. It causes hope to spring up within us and keeps hope before us. Too often, we are deceived by an enemy wanting us to believe that repentance is self-loathing; that repentance is some form of unhealthy groveling before God. When we live from that lie, repentance over our sinfulness and fallenness leads to despair, despondency, and even hiding from God. But this is not true Christian repentance. Today, we seek to have this lie undone. Repentance is the path back home to God. It is the path that brings us to what Christ our God has always wanted to offer us: His healing, a new life, the joy of experiencing His mercy; a very real coming home to Him.