Perhaps Godly sorrow as the bofm describes or being willing to give up our sins to know God. Maybe it is also being willing to accept God's will for our behavior over our own....letting our will be swallowed up into his.
I think too often we are too hard on ourselves and we feel an incorrect proportion of guilt. Or perhaps the pain of the guilt sears us to severely and so we justify ourselves or get defensive or even angry.
Being sorry and being willing to change our course, repair any damage we may have caused and then move on in obedience.
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