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Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.
Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.
Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
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- Monica Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1978 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Monica Johnson, based on documented lifetime 1946 to 2010. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512967 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512967 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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