We become blind to our own sins because our lifestyles and habits have become ingrained. We do things habitually without thinking about them. Some beliefs are set in the stone of our mind only because we have always thought that way. Since conversion these beliefs have never been reanalyzed in the light of God's Word. Humans are so good at deceiving themselves into believing they have overcome something. As soon as the guard is let down the same problem arises again. The tongue can be used in sarcasm and jest to disguise what is really thought about somebody else. God is going to judge by hidden errors in character whether they are admitted or not. God has seen secret sins. The light of His countenance reveals secret faults. God's face shining like the sun reveals everything. In God's character none of our absence of character will go unrevealed. Nothing is hidden from His sight. God gets a man in a hold and twists the man's head around so that the man has to look straight in His eye. When we look Him in the face nothing can be hidden. We can ask God to reveal secret sins so that they can be overcome. His forgiveness is wonderful but what good is it if the sins cannot be seen to eradicate them. We will keep doing the same thing over and over unless we can see our sins. We need to ask Him to reveal them in mercy and gently in a way that can be borne. Finding secret sins is important because a bride is being prepared for Christ when He returns. That Bride will help build the Kingdom of God on earth after Christ's return. David asked God for forgiveness and mercy. He then asked for repentance for God to work with him in overcoming his faults to renew in him a clean heart and to give him a steadfast spirit to restore him to salvation. After he had cleansed himself of that secret sin he was ready to witness to the people for God. It was not until after he had recognized the fault and repented of it that he was truly prepared to do what God wanted him to do. The great human editor of our lives and character is working diligently to fashion His people into His sons and daughters. He will not publish error-ridden articles. As co-editors with Him it is our jobs to delete the errors secret or not from the pages of our lives.