There are many simple questions that many of you may think are just semantics and not worthy of consideration ...but are results worthy? How we look at it may have much to do with our success.

Some people would say that to repent means to change our behavior, others say it's changing our direction, and our Pastor says it is changing our mind.

Why do we change?  And what kind of change is it ...and is it for the moment, or lasting??  Or is it a continual struggle?

Some temporary changes are because we are being watched, or monitored.  It can be peer pressure, or it can the sort that is effected by monitoring.   We may change our speed if a police car is observed in the distance.  We may slow down temporarily on a winter road if we see someone in the ditch, but then pick up speed again in a surprisingly short span of time.  Our supervisor may enter the room ...which may vary our actions.

We could say that none of this would affect us much if our reality would ring true ...and we'd remind ourselves that God is always watching, and He should be our motivation for consistency.