A couple prepares for church one Sunday. As they finish breakfast, the wife notices her husband’s lack of readiness.
“Why aren’t you dressed for church?” she asks.
He responds, “Simple. I’m not going.”
Curious, she presses, “Why not?”
He explains, “I have three good reasons. First, the church is too cold in the morning. Second, I feel unwelcome; people gossip about me. And third, I just don’t feel like it.”
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