Variety: Romans 8:28-30

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Gerry Hughes (1924–2014) in  God of Surprises said: 
 ‘Sin is the refusal to let God be God.
Repentance is letting God be God in our lives.
Knowing our sinfulness and repenting is a lifelong, continual process.’