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The Help: The Least of These (Matthew 25:35-40)

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In The Help, Skeeter Phelan writes the stories of Black maids in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi. These invisible women become visible; their humanity becomes undeniable. I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. Whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. The maids fed, cleaned, raised children—serving as Christ to families that refused to see it. Skeeter's book makes visible what the kingdom always knew: Christ was present in Aibileen and Minny all along. The help were not servants; they were the least of these—which means they were Christ.

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Scripture References

Matthew 25:35-40 Matthew 25:40 James 2:1-9

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