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

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Pottery is an art form of necessities, earth, water, and fire shaped and formed together

by inspiration, and in our discussion divine inspiration.

It's possible to mirror the metaphor in the human condition.

We are made of dust of the earth, were baptized by water, and refined by holy fire.

And through the ultimate divine craftsmanship of God, we are formed by heaven.

We are shaped by the work of God's loving hands.

A consider for a moment, are you shaped by the influences of the world or those of heaven?

Well, this meditation from Isaiah chapter 64 is a celebration of heavenly creation, a

commemoration of how the creator of the universe influences you, how the work of God's hands

mold you, how the divine potter shapes you.

So begin this time by resting in the presence of the divine potter, just rest your body,

shut your eyes closed, and to relax your breathing and still your heart.

We start to notice the Holy Spirit beginning to mold and shape your life.

Secure in this holy retreat, listen and reply to this reading from Psalm chapter 100,

and as I lead us, answer Lord God, mold me and shape me with the work of your hands,

and may the Lord bless the hearing and reading of his word.

Enter into God's gates with a song of thanksgiving, and Lord God mold me and shape me with the work

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