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.

Are we lost?

Do you know where we are?

Those questions can be so irritating, especially when you're confident of your direction.

They can be humbling too, especially when you secretly doubt the path you've chosen.

Our response to these questions is usually to keep on going, even if we don't trust

the direction we're going.

The theme of this meditation from Psalm 34 is trust.

Trusting in the direction and the purpose that God has laid out for you.

So to begin your meditation, just slip into a time and a place where you can be still

and quiet, a place where you can trust in the presence of God.

You may start by listening and joining into this responsive reading and prayer from Psalm

119 and respond, Lord God, help me trust in you.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth?

Lord God, help me trust in you.

From your precepts, I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.

Lord God, help me trust in you.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

...