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

the ordinary.

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

entire library of 500, I encourage you to download the Encountering Piece mobile app where

all the meditations are free as they should be.

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in his essay Compensation that in the order of nature, we cannot give

benefits to those from whom we receive the benefit, but the benefit we receive must be

given again.

A line for line, deed for deed, sent for sent to somebody else.

Whereas Lily Hammond famously wrote, you don't pay love back, you pay it forward.

But if you ever had the occasion to pay something forward, to take a gift you've been given

and then give it again, well this meditation from 2 Corinthians chapter 9 is a contemplation

on paying forward, remembering to see Jesus as your example of a humble servant and receiving

the love of God and paying it forward for His divine glory, taking His kindness and giving

it forward to others in even more kindness.

So to begin your meditation, find a place to receive.

At this moment, you have nothing to do, nothing to achieve.

You simply begin now to be aware of the kindness and the blessings of God.

If they weren't already, begin to slowly close your eyes through a soft gaze and become

aware of your breathing.

And begin to even move deeper now into the kindness offered by the Holy Father, the Holy

Son, and the Holy Spirit.

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