Charles Grandison Finney was a leader in the Second Great Awakening. He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, a pioneer in social reforms in favor of women and blacks, a religious writer, and president at Oberlin College.
He is not to be mistaken for his great-grandson, Charles G. Finney (1905-1984).
My failings, in God's eyes, are centered on a "lack of faith" and "poor priority management" combined with a "lack of urgency". The comfort lies in God's grace, which did not come through strongly in this writing.