{"id":6197,"date":"2020-10-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6197"},"modified":"2020-10-28T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:54:29","slug":"mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mercy!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Mercy&quot; 10\/28\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/7jddd-f09352?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>She asked me to kill the spider<br>Instead, I got the most<br>peaceful weapons I can find<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I take a cup and a napkin.<br>I catch the spider, put it outside<br>and 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