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 Peace mobile app where

all the meditations are free, as they should be.

But Dad, you're promised, those words can cut like a knife.

Words coming back to haunt you.

A promise you hoped would have been forgotten.

Maybe a gesture you hoped no one saw.

Words blurted out in a moment of passion, words you hoped no one heard.

And then the resulting condemnation, the inevitable accusations.

And now what we share digitally is never forgotten.

Nothing ever leaves social media.

We regularly see the careers and lives of the famous and not so famous.

He taken down by something they posted long ago.

Everyone is watching.

Everyone is listening.

And it seems like everyone is accusing.

So the theme for this meditation from Luke 6 is being seen, being heard, being known,

being mindful of our actions so that others see the best of the peace of God and what

we say, what we think and what we do.

So regardless of it being the start or the finish of your day, this gift of divine meditation

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