Repentance

I'm reading Sinclair Ferguson's, The Christian Life. He has this amazing statement in chapter 8, True Repentance: "The purpose of God is clear. The more we sense our need the more we shall find our need met in Christ. The more we find our need met in Christ the nearer we will come to him. The nearer we come to him the more we will discover our hearts saying: 'if you should mark my sins, Lord, I could not stand. But there is forgiveness with you that you may be feared. '"