Many a criminal will weep when his sentence is read, not because he has come to love righteousness, but because his freedom to do more unrighteousness is being taken away. That kind of weeping is not true evangelical repentance. And it does not lead to radical Christian obedience.
The only true sorrow for not having holiness comes from a love for holiness, not just from fear of the consequences of not having it.
–John Piper
I pray that I will always experience true sorrow over my sins, and that I will be truly repentant of not being holy, instead of simply upset because my freedom is taken away.