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For less than two pennies a day The Secret Place renews your faith, invigorates your spirit, and strengthens your relationship with God.

Each daily devotion in this quarterly magazine includes a Scripture passage, an original meditation, and a brief prayer. Written by Christian writers from across the nation, these meditations share comfort and inspiration found in life’s everyday details. This combination of Scriptural and personal insight, along with contributors' photographs and illustrations, provides both a timeless and timely perspective for contemplative meditation that draws you closer to God in your daily walk as a Christian.

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Did you know that The Secret Place is being translated into Japanese by an 87-year-old reader from Nagano, Japan?Seiroku Shinohara places these translations on her web and blog pages. She writes, "I will continue this work as my life work for the kingdom of God. Also, every Tuesday some people are gathering at our home to study The Secret Place. Hoping The Secret Place continues eternally." Praise God!

SATURDAY, JULY 24

Matthew 7:1-5

Looking Through the Glass

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: “Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?” Matthew 7:3

My daughter and I admired the sun sparkling through the freshly washed window. Working as a team, we moved on to the next dirty window, she on one side and I on the other. “Here’s a spot you missed,” I said, dabbing my cloth on the offending spot on her side of the window. Daughter dutifully wiped it clean.

“That one’s on your side,” she grinned as we moved on. Sure enough, a speck of dirt marred my side but I hadn’t seen it. The spots on her side were obvious to me, but the ones on mine I could hardly see at all until they were pointed out.

Jesus taught that we tend to see another’s faults more clearly than our own. When I focus on another’s weaknesses, I don’t notice mine. Jesus tells us to take care of our own weaknesses before pointing out the flaws in someone else.

PRAYER: Merciful God, help me to focus on my own weaknesses before criticizing another. Amen.

Charlotte Burkholder—Harrisonburg, Virginia

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