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

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

all the meditations are free as they should be.

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, just south of San Francisco, is considered to be the

most extraordinary meeting of land and sea in the world.

At low tide, the waves from the Pacific Ocean struggle to make it to the beach.

Each wave is barely crawling over the rocky shore, leaving behind pools full of gooey seaweed,

bright purple anemones, rock hard clams and hermit crabs crawling for shelter, but just

off the shore, otters and sea lions play in the sea foam.

And if you squint, you may be lucky enough to see a migrating gray whale.

And if you look a little harder, you can see the horizon to the west.

Your eyes are moving from the hectic, teeming, tidal pool at your feet to the glorious

horizon miles offshore.

But do you ever feel like you're living in a hectic, teeming, tidal pool constantly

being smashed by waves?

Well this meditation from Romans chapter 8 will walk you through the divine tension between

the daily waves that crash at your feet to the glorious horizon of peace soon to come

from God.

To move from the folly of the world to the glory of God.

So to begin your meditation, find a place to be comfortable, alone, quiet and still.

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