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When contemplative reading produces unexpected peace

During lectio divina yesterday a single phrase from Psalm 46 kept repeating in my mind for hours, and I felt this strange peace that I can't shake, like everything I usually worry about doesn't matter.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Divine reading opens portals to presence that reveal the illusory nature of ordinary concerns, creating a disorienting but sacred shift in perspective.

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