You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find this sacred in

the ordinary.

We have 100 meditation episodes on this podcast, but if you want to listen for free to the

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all the meditations are free as they should be.

Have you ever been in an earthquake, feeling the earth trembling and sinking from beneath

you?

At first your brain seems unable to make sense of the conflicting messages.

Your eyes see a stable world, but your feet tell you otherwise.

The solid ground suddenly feels like liquid.

Walls once secure, now crumble around you into billows of dust.

Minutes seem like hours.

That is an earthquake.

But does that describe portions of your daily life, unstable and shaky?

Do you yearn for a life more stable and steady?

Well this meditation from Matthew chapter 7 is a reflection on that desire, a longing

for permanence, constancy that must transcend what the world offers, firm foundation found

only in the offering of God.

So to begin, whether at morning, lighter, evening shadows, allow the next 15 minutes

to be a sanctuary to contemplate the firm foundation of God, allow your breathing to

resolve and your eyes to shut or closed, and just settle deeper into wherever you are,

start to center on this established place, this time of stability, and a few moments of

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