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

in the middle of an ordinary day.

If you would enjoy greater access to even more free meditations, I encourage you to download

the encountering piece app where all the meditations are free as they should be.

You've seen them before, a worn dirt path diverting as a shortcut from a paved path.

Many planners and engineers will often create design paths for people to follow, but yet

desire paths will emerge as shortcuts from constructed paths.

Whereas design paths are well constructed and organized, desired paths usually represent

the shortest or most easily navigated route between an origin and a destination.

They are the path of a least resistance.

Have you been tempted to find shortcuts on your journey of length?

Thought of diverting from a well-designed path to seek a path of least resistance, moving

off the path designed to the path desired.

Well this meditation from the fourth chapter of Ephesians will help you better understand

the paths we walk, the paths we face, and those we choose.

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

We will be together for about 15 minutes.

Just by taking a moment to arrange yourself to be mindful and aware and present with God

in this moment.

Just relax your gaze, relax all of your senses, and become present with God, his spirit,

and his son.

Have you faced choices recently?

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