The baptism of my daughter, Sophia; 2019. 

We are in Lent.  This is a time of repentance and turning to God.      

What matters is this;  "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 4:17 and "be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."  Revelation 2:10.  

Of course, between the time we first repent and the time of our death is our faith lived out.  We stumble, we fall, we get back up, we repent, we start again, ever mindful of the mercy and love of our Lord.  What matters is that we actually love Jesus Christ.  When we are in love with our Lord we are mindful of our sins and we confess and repent of them.  Hopefully, sanctification of our bodies happens on a greater and greater scale.  However, if you are afraid you are not sanctified enough, fear not.  You love God enough to be concerned about your sanctification.  

Repentance and faith matter.  Not in just one moment of time, but throughout our whole Christian walk.  From the 39 Articles of the Book of Common Prayer:  

"16. Of Sin after Baptism. Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent."

Trust only in the mercy of God through Jesus Christ.  

In Christ during Lent,

Paul+