Godly Sorrow'.

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The stream of sorrow, like water, ascends no higher than the spring from which it emanates.

Sin gives two bloody stabs: 
the first is at the soul of man, 
the second at the heart of Christ.

If the first stab grieves me, if I mourn for sin, as it has only wounded my soul, it is a sign that this stream flows from only my natural heart, because it ascends up to a natural height.

But if I weep for sin as it has wounded Christ, and shed his blood which would save me—as it has pierced that heart which would love me—then the spring is in heaven, because it rises to a supernatural ascent. Lord, that my sorrow may be real; pierce my heart for sin—as it stabs my soul, and pierces Christ!