Everybody has a good excuse for not attending church. If you take those excuses and apply them to other things we do (or don’t do), like eating, they might look like this list:

• I was forced to eat as a child.
• People who eat all the time are hypocrites; they aren’t really hungry.
• There are so many different kinds of food, I can’t decide what to eat.
• I used to eat, but I got bored and stopped.
• I only eat on special occasions, like Christmas and Easter.
• None of my friends will eat with me.
• I’ll start eating when I get older.
• I don’t really have time to eat.
• I don’t believe that eating does anybody any good. It’s just a crutch.
• Restaurants and grocery stores are only after your money.