Convicted or conformed?

I often find myself convicted. Both in the sense of being stirred to change and guilty of wrong doing. I find that the truth that is revealed to me, often pierces my heart and I realize that there is so much that needs to be different.
And yet, I am learning that though conviction is good, we can squelch it and it will never have the desired result, which is conformity. There is a world full of people who feel convicted. They know they do wrong. They feel bad about it. There are churches full of people who have heard the Word of God and have seen where their lives don't measure up. They admit and confess their sin. They have a moment of 'recommitment' and move on.
However, it was never the Father's goal to merely convict us. He longs to conform us to His image. Conviction of the Spirit is always so that Conformity to the Cross might occur in us. My dilemna is that I see some conviction happening, but not so much conformity. Which leads me to believe there is something missing.
It is repentance. Repentance is not being sorry. It is having a godly sorrow that leads to change. Conviction comes so that we might CHANGE, not so that we can confess to be forgiven. Conviction comes so that we might CONFORM to God's standards and abandon the world's. Conviction is good....but if all it does is convict...well, it didn't produce what God wanted...which is Christ followers that repent and return and are conformed to Him.
ALL FOR YOU