Satisfy Your Hunger

A rather portly pastor had been urged by several parishioners to lose weight. Finally, he decided to take their advice. His doctor gave him a detailed diet plan which he followed meticulously, carefully weighing every portion of every meal. The result was a dramatic weight loss over a period of weeks. He was so proud of his achievement that he never missed an opportunity to talk about it. For example, one Sunday morning he went into the pulpit and began his sermon on one of the miracles of Jesus, saying, “Amazingly, The Lord Jesus fed more than five thousand people with just two fish and five loaves of bread.” Then he added, “That’s only 98 grams of fat.”

A proud grandfather was baby-sitting his six-year-old grandson. At mealtime the boy refused to eat anything set before him. In exasperation, the grandfather said, “You don’t like beef, you don’t like milk, you don’t like juice, you don’t like bread and you don’t like fish. Tell me,…