Psalms 19: ¹² How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. ¹³Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.

I think our natural inclination is to defend ourselves.. to think we are great.. to think we are wonderful.. I know that I do this very naturally...
I don't intentionally do things to make myself look like a bad person... that wouldn't be natural I don't think... so I think we have many things abour ourselves that are hidden in our heart.. that we justify away and say that we had the right intention about...
never in this life will we be liked by everyone.. but if our hearts are pure.. then the right people for us will be drawn to us.. I believe sometimes the wrong in our hearts stops us from being who we are supposed to be... who we really do desire to be...
I pray daily that God will cleanse my heart.. because truly the heart is where the hidden issues within us lie... we can hide our actions.. but the heart is true to itself... from the heart is where the mean words and action come.. or the kind words and actions.. whatever is in the heart finds its way out.. I desire to be the person God would have me to be.. so I desire a right heart...
I doubt we will ever be all that we can be... but daily we can work our way towards it.. strange how we see so much wrong or sin in someone else.. but overlook the wrong within our own heart...
¹⁴ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.