repent or remorse?

So, a couple of weeks ago I heard or read something like this… “to have remorse is a feeling, to repent is to enact change”

I liked that.

The season premier of one of my TV shows dealt with this subject… kinda. The show is House and House had to realize that he wasn’t a god and that he could care enough about somebody to have remorse and then he had to ask for help.

Some of you went to church today. Were you moved, exhorted or extolled to do x, y, or z? Or to stop such? Awesome, you felt remorse. But is that enough, just feeling remorse?

No.

It’s not. It’s not enough to feel remorse that you offended a guy when you judged him. You need to go to that guy and have a conversation that both of you can grow from.

AND

You need to work on changing.

That means you need to go to God and ask for the loveing God of the universe to help you.

so, at church or in a conversation, or in a prayer, or reading the Bible, you felt remorse for something. Great.

What have you done about it? Have you turned away from that behavior that cause you to be remorseful? Have you asked for help? He’s ready to help.