You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast to help you find the secret in

the ordinary.

We have 100 meditation episodes on this podcast, but we're excited to announce the launch

of the Encountering Peace Mobile App, where you can hear the entire library of more

than 500 seasonal and topical meditations.

I encourage you to download the Encountering Peace Mobile App today, where all of the meditations

are free, as they should be.

I'm not biased at all, but our new grandson is the most handsome and smartest baby in the

history of babies.

But he has no sense of time and place.

When we're playing on the floor, I can slip around the corner for just two seconds and

then peek back around to see a little frown on his face dissolve into a beaming smile that

says, wow, where did you come from?

I thought you were gone forever.

I know that look.

It's probably the same look on my face when I think I'm alone, only to then realize

God is peeking around the corner.

In fact, he never left the room.

The theme of this meditation from Jeremiah, chapter 29, is closeness, discovering that not

only is God close in the midst of your temptations and testing, but he never left your side.

He never leaves the room, not even for a second.

So to begin your meditation, just slip into a time when you can feel close to God, a place

...