What does it mean to truly repent?

Repentance means to turn around or to change one’s mind.  Sin is a constant in everyone’s life and we all will make mistakes.  However, are we truly sorry for committing them or are we sorry we got caught?  True repentance is to have a disgust for sin and a desire to live for God because you love Him and are grateful for what He has done for you.  Worldly repentance is to be afraid of judgment after the act, but still hold to the desire to commit this sin again (2 Corinthians 7:10).  In order to overcome sin we need to change the way we think about it and look at it the way God looks at it (Romans 12:2).  To truly repent is to stop making excuses and to abhor the thought of sin.  Until we do this we will never have peace.