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In John's teaching, Jesus' teaching, Paul's letters, Peter's sermons, we find again and again the word "repent." As we have seen previously, the word means to "turn about," "begin again," "make a fresh start." This is a pretty universal starting point in the process of being changed. It is not pleasant, for it involves admitting that we have been wrong, and nobody likes to do that. (And even if we have been "a little bit wrong," we certainly haven't been as wrong as some people we could mention. Why should we be the ones to admit that we've been wrong? Why doesn't somebody else do it first?) We shy away from this first step, and invent reasons to postpone it. It is something like going to the dentist; we snatch at any fleeting excuse for postponing the evil day.
As long as we do this, of course, we shall still be involved in our plight. As long as we refuse to admit that there is anything wrong with us, it is impossible for us to be made well. Repentance, then, involves our willingness to admit our need. It involves saying in effect: "I have made a botch of things. I need help."
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