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If someone asked you to describe the most peaceful sound in the world, you might say a baby

laughing, or soft rain, or a bubbling stream, well, apparently, you would be wrong.

It seems we feel most at peace when we're just seconds away from eating one of the world's

most delicious foods.

In a new survey from the Daily Mail, the number one sound that helps people feel most

at peace is the sound of sizzling bacon.

Why?

Well, it could be that bacon tastes amazing, and just the anticipation of that perfect

crunch of sizzling pork fat in your mouth, well, it's enough to transport you.

Or it could be the emotional connection.

The connection of someone cooking for you, preparing a morning meal for you, just the

beginning of a new peaceful day.

The sound of sizzling bacon is thick with biblical comparisons, the mouth-watering anticipation,

the memories of being served cared for, of satisfaction, peaceful satisfaction.

Well, in the Bible, Jesus describes that perfect peace and satisfaction.

Perfect peace that only he can give you, peace not as the world gives, not as bacon gives,

but only Jesus.

This meditation from the 14th chapter of John will walk you through that peaceful encounter,

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