My seven year old daughter understands repentance, but she still struggles with it. Like many of us, she finds it difficult to admit her mistakes and say she's sorry. Thankfully, she hasn't had the task of repenting and forgiving complicated by the insertion of god. She doesn't have to unlearn these misconceptions. If you damage someone, God is not the injured party. They are. The forgiveness of God is irrelevant if you are unwilling to express and demonstrate your repentance to the one you have damaged. There is nothing you can do for God that absolves you of that necessity. Indeed, as soon as you involve God in issues of repentance and forgiveness, you can be nearly certain that you aren't all that interested in either.
-- Jim Mulholland, "Avoiding Repentance"
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