I added all of the extra exclamation points to the heading because that is always how I perceived the word “repent”. I imagined some preacher shouting at me to “repent or die”. The volume was always turned up to 11 and there was always a white handkerchief being waved with an "uh" shortly following. I did not care much for the word… not because of what it meant but because of how it was said. Now I love the word “repent”. It means so much to me and all of us who are sinfu