You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast made possible by listeners like

you.

We hope to help you discover sacred moments in the middle of ordinary days.

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When you send a text to someone, how often do you first consider the weight behind every

word that you're sending?

In the days long before text messaging, words were sent by Morse code over telegraph lines.

They charged by the letter.

So every word was measured and carefully chosen for effect.

Every word was simply divine, divinely chosen.

In the Bible, Proverbs are words that are skillfully crafted to stick in our minds and to engage

us in thought.

They're like little, highly compressed parables of wisdom.

They provoke you to thought and create vivid, mental images of truth.

The theme of this guided audio meditation from Proverbs chapter 10 will help you remember

the weight of words.

Words you share and words you hear.

Remember that wisdom is the reward you receive after listening when you'd rather have

been talking.

Is that true, too, of your time and prayer?

Well, to begin your meditation, settle into a place of receiving for a moment.

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