{"id":3475,"date":"2019-08-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2019-07-14T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T21:18:07","slug":"bread-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/bread-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread from Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-html-block\"><iframe title=\"Bread form Home 8\/28\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/c6hx3-b7c09c?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/c6hx3-b7c09c?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>There is a true story about a soldier who was severely wounded<\/u>.<\/strong> <em>When he was out of surgery, the doctors said that there was a good chance for recovery, except that the soldier wouldn&#8217;t eat anything. The nurses and nuns tried everything, but he refused all food, drinking only water and juice.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">One of his buddies knew why the soldier wouldn&#8217;t eat, he was homesick. Since the hospital wasn&#8217;t too far from the soldier&#8217;s home, he offered to bring the young man&#8217;s father to visit him. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The commanding officer approved and the friend went to the parents&#8217; home. <u>As the father was about to leave for the hospital, the mother wrapped up a loaf of fresh bread for her son<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The patient was very happy to see his father but he still wouldn&#8217;t eat, until the father said: <em><strong>&#8220;Son, this bread was made by your mother, especially for you&#8221;. <\/strong><u>The boy brightened and began to eat<\/u>.<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><u>You and I are that young soldier<\/u>. We are the ones who have been wounded in the battle of life. We are the ones who&#8217;ve been wounded by sin, by trials and pains, by loss and by our forgetfulness of God.<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>We lose our taste for the food that will strengthen our souls. Holy Communion gives us life, spiritual life, God&#8217;s life. It gives us spiritual healing and spiritual strength.   <u>A God Provide<br \/><\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong><em>There was nothing \u201c<u>magic<\/u>\u201d about the mother&#8217;s bread unless, that is, one feels that \u201c<u>love<\/u>\u201d is magic which, of course, it is.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; There is a true story about a soldier who was severely wounded. When he was out of surgery, the doctors said that there was a good chance for recovery, except that the soldier wouldn&#8217;t eat anything. The nurses and nuns tried everything, but he refused all food, drinking only water and juice. 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