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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the encountering piece mobile app, where all of the meditations are free, as they should

be.

Do you have a menu item that you demand to be prepared a very specific way?

And then little patience, if it's not.

Like at a coffee shop.

Yeah, um, I will have a tall, iced, soy, non-fat, half-sweet, no-phone caramel macchiato with

an extra shot of caramel drizzle with room and a double cup, and a minute of hurry.

If you've ever visited a coffee shop early in the morning, it seems like humanity runs

on coffee and very specific coffee orders.

When I often fear for the coffee barista's life who gets the order wrong, well the theme

of this guided audio meditation from Romans chapter 15 will perhaps help turn the tables.

It will help us show our humanity by first helping others, to set out to first lighten

the burden of another.

So to begin your meditation, just settle into a place where you can reflect once more

on humility.

Just surrender here, release your body, your mind, and even your eyes towards God.

And as you begin, listen and join in to this responsive prayer from Hebrews chapter 13,

and respond, Lord God, help me, help others.

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