HEAVEN REJOICES

Dear One,
     True repentance involves adopting a new direction, a new motivation, new thoughts, attitudes and actions which are advantageous to you and your family, leaving behind old actions which are injurious to you and others. Repentance means that you avoid making the same nonproductive mistakes over and over again and you begin to take righteous actions that are of My family of love. Penance is a result of repenting, to make amends to the injured people either in an apology or serving them in some way, restorng unity. Penance as a result of repentance is not repeating prayers over and over in an effort to please Me. Penance as a result of repentance is restoring unity between yourself and others so that your prayers are easily answered. Both repentance and penance result in actions of love, not inactions of depression and extreme emotionalism by donning invisible sackcloth and ashes in the outward form of crying or isolationism. They are active, restoring peace and love to difficult situations. They involve forgiveness and extending mercy to others. When you repent, turning from injurious actions as a result of restoring unity with Me, it means you have been saved again from evil or injurious practices. When you repent and turn from sowing strife, division, anger, rage and other selfish actions, there is rejoicing in heaven. The angels and cloud of witnesses rejoice and say, "Yea. Another victory for our side." I say, "Well, done, My child." Love, God John 3:3-8; II Chronicles 7:14-15; Ezekial 18:27-28; Matthew 3:1-3; Matthew 4:7; Matthew 9:12-13; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 15:7; Galatians 5:13-25; Matthew 25:23