We all mess up in life, and there are many ways to say that: nobody's perfect, we all make mistakes, or we all have skeletons in our closets. The Bible puts it this way: We all fall short of the glory of God.
Even people who stand at a pulpit and preach messages, write books, or in other ways tell people how to improve their lives are flawed human beings who've made many mistakes. No one but God deserves to be put on a pedestal and seen as perfect.
But don't we try to portray a perfect image? We tell ourselves that our sins aren't nearly as bad as the sins of others. Don't we gasp when we hear about how others have messed up, as if we've never been down that road, as if we are above making a mistake like that.
As much as we try to kid ourselves about how good we are and how much better we behave than others, deep down we all know how imperfect we really are. We know that we're only pretending to be better. Every mistake we've ever made is carried with us each day: every idle word of gossip we've spoken, every lie we've told, everything we've ever done that we're not proud of is right there in our memories, ready to be recalled.
When we love to point out mistakes that others have made and when we can't seem to let them forget their failures, then we are the ones in need of adjustment. When we get satisfaction out of seeing others fall, then we are the ones in need of repentance. We can't say, "Your sin is worse than my sin." In God's eyes sin is sin, and we're all guilty of it.
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