{"id":4952,"date":"2020-04-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:47:42","slug":"i-was-you-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/i-was-you-said\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was&#8230;..You Said&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"I was....And You Said....4\/29\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/kzjvs-dabc1b?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was naked,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and you said I should go find a thrift store.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was imprisoned,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and even with the virus all around me, you said I should stay there.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was penniless,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and you said that I should have saved for rainy days like these.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was\u00a0sick,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and you said I should have been more careful and not caught the coronavirus.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was hungry,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and you said there were food banks, even if the lines were two miles long.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was homeless,<\/strong><em> <\/em><em>and you said to talk to the landlord and get a month\u2019s rent extension.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was lonely,&nbsp;<\/strong><em>and you said there was nothing you could do and you stayed home and prayed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You seem so holy and close to God.<\/strong><em>Yet I&#8217;m still&nbsp;sick&nbsp;and alone and afraid!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><sup>\u201c<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>I needed clothes and you clothed me,&nbsp;I was sick and you looked after me,&nbsp;I was in prison and you came to visit me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cThen the righteous will answer him, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?\u00a0When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cThe King will reply, \u2018Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matthew 25:35-40<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Where have YOU seen Jesus during the pandemic in the news or on TV&nbsp;&nbsp;where he was lonely, homeless, hungry, sick, penniless, imprisoned or naked. Did you feel a deep sense of compassion toward Jesus when you saw him like this?&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was naked, and you said I should go find a thrift store.\u00a0 I was imprisoned, and even with the virus all around me, you said I should stay there.\u00a0 I was penniless, and you said that I should have saved for rainy days like these. 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