Nobody's Perfect

I read recently in rabbi Duncan, I often hear people say—and this is why it struck me so—“Well, you know, pastor, nobody is perfect.”

Do you know what rabbi Duncan did with that little statement, nobody is perfect? This is what he said about it.  “Nobody is perfect. This is the hypocrites couch. This is the believer’s bed of thorns.”

Nobody’s perfect! That’s the hypocrite’s couch. He lies back, no serious determination to

do the will of God.  He says, “Nobody is perfect.”

The true child of God, “No one is perfect; it’s my bed of thorns.  Wretched man that I am!

I find that when I would do good evil is present with me.  To will is present but to perform I know not! That bed of thorns.

Is the imperfection of your obedience your couch or your bed of thorns?

~Albert Martin