When You Sin, Prepare the Way to Get Him Back in Life

John the baptist is quoting isaiah as saying, when you sin, prepare the way to get him back in life. If i get him back into my life, he will take away sin. He will bring salvation. And so repentance isn't to go through some penitence process or a ritual,. It's fixing the relationship that i have damaged with god. In our modern day, my children learned early that to get out of time out, you had to say you were sorry and be really pologetic. One time, i watched my son on his way to time out for doing something, knowing that lesson, he i'm so sorry, ma'am, and act