I am saddened when I hear, "Well, God knows how I am." But do we truly know how God is, or who God is? Of course, He loves us! And He will forgive us ...but He also wants us to repent of things that draw us to any degree away from Him. Repent means "change." How many of our behaviors do we superficially reconcile within ourselves by saying, "Oh well, God understands me."