{"id":5719,"date":"2020-07-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2020-07-19T20:13:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T00:13:49","slug":"i-knew-youd-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/i-knew-youd-come\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Knew You&#8217;d Come!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"&quot;I Knew You'd Come!&quot; 7\/20\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/8zdcn-e3d46e?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>A young soldier asked his officer if he might go out into the &#8220;No Man&#8217;s Land&#8221; between the trenches in order to bring in one of his comrades who lay grievously wounded.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cYou can go,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><em> said the officer,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;but it&#8217;s not\u00a0worth\u00a0it. 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