repentance

Here's a quote from my favorite author Thomas Watson in The Doctrine of Repentance.

"A man must first recognize and consider what his sin is, and know the plaque of his heart before he can be duly humbled for it. The first creature God made was light. So the first thing in a penitent is illumination; 'Now ye are light in the Lord' (Eph. 5:8). The eyes is made both for seeing and weeping. Sin must first be seen before in can be wept for."