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.

And if you would enjoy greater access to even more free meditations, I encourage you to

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

should be.

Perhaps it's the memory of staring at your phone for that special someone to call that

very first time.

Or maybe it's the daily trips to the mailbox looking for a college acceptance letter.

Or what about the humiliation of standing in line during gym class as teams are chosen

for basketball?

We all know the heartache of rejection, as well as the jubilation of being chosen.

But have they come to you in equal doses?

Or has your life been more defined by exclusion than acceptance?

Well this meditation from Matthew chapter 5 will help you discover, perhaps for the

first time, that you are accepted.

And really more than acceptance, you are in fact divinely chosen by God.

Chosen to be his ambassador is representative.

You are chosen to be his very light shining into the world.

So to begin, whether at the light of dawn or dusk, allow your eyes to begin to softly

close as you take these next 15 minutes of meditation to accept being chosen.

With your eyes now closed, notice your pulse slowing.

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