You're listening to InCounter, a simple daily podcast to help you discover sacred moments

in the middle of an ordinary day.

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Maria Montessori, the well-known educator, she once said that, to confer the gift of drawing,

we must first create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, and a soul that feels.

The whole life must cooperate.

In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing.

For once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.

Now, I feel the same could be said when God reveals his glory to us.

We can experience God with our eyes, our hands, and certainly within our souls.

The inner spark of God's Holy Spirit is all the preparation necessary to encounter the

living God.

So how have you encountered God of late?

How has he revealed himself to you?

While the substance of this meditation from Isaiah chapter 40 is about preparation, and I

pray you will see how God has cleared a path in your wilderness to see him.

My hope is you will see your ways made smooth, lift it up, and made low, so you can encounter

the glory of the Lord.

So to begin your meditation, slip into a time to see, a place to encounter, and a moment

to be prepared by the Holy Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Resting now in this divine moment, listen and respond to this reading from Isaiah chapter

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