The time for repentance is at hand, we have spent our time in the open rebellion of fools, we have presumed upon the forebearance of God. We have determined to destroy, to ruin, to wreak havoc on all that we touch with our lives; and then we have the audacity to protest our innocence when the costs of our arrogance manifest themselves. We have indeed plowed wickedness, sown folly, and now when the harvest of unbearable iniquity is made plain we cry out against God; pretending that our difficulties are the fault of another, that our miseries are the work of circumstances that we have not fabricated, and that our penalties are far more than our poor, wounded innocence deserves... but the truth is quite simple. We have done this, we continue to do this, we consistently do all that is in our power to rebel against God and His law, to act in ways that are guaranteed to cause us misery, to behave in a manner that is contrary to what we claim we desire. There is a solution available; it is plain; it is simple; it is easy. The solution, bluntly stated, is to stop. We must repent of our sin, turn away from it and turn unto God; we must ask Him for the mercy that we can never deserve, but that He offers nonetheless. We must break up the ground of our lives that has born nothing but chaos and seek the grace of God that promises healing. We must seek it continually until the moment when God freely rains on us in love and mercy. Nothing but this mercy will save us from the destruction that we have planted in our path. It is coming upon us fast, it is growing larger in the horizon, looming ever closer, and all of our plans, all of our strength, all of our programs will do nothing but hasten our end. God will not be mocked, either we turn from our sin and seek His face, or we will rush over the cliff and into the waiting abyss of His endless and terrible wrath... only His loving patience has kept us out of that terror thus far, but be assured, we are fast approaching the limits of that restraint. Let us turn unto God and seek His mercy today, while it may still be found!