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.

If you would enjoy more seasonal and topical meditations, I encourage you to download

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

be.

J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, once wrote, that it

does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations if you live near him.

I love that quote.

I realized that by failing to prepare, we prepared a fail.

But regardless of the plans we make, life just still happens.

Live dragons keep appearing.

Did you make New Year's resolutions?

We all do.

But what were yours?

Were they to save more money this year or to exercise more, lose weight or quit a bad

habit?

Those are all healthy goals.

But what live dragons showed up last year and ate them?

Well, this guided audio meditation is a reflection on balancing the plans and resolutions

we make with the path that the Lord directs for us, trusting in God to determine our path

around live dragons that we can't yet see.

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