Excuses... really?

In Luke 14:18 in today's reading it says "But they all alike began to make excuses..." When I read that today I stopped to think about the excuses I have given God. They sounded so weak, petty, and silly to say the least. I was reminded that God never gives us excuses so why do we give him ours? God does not give excuses instead He gives His all. He gave His one and only Son, and it would have been much easier to give an excuse to be sure. I make fewer excuses when it comes to God then I use to, but it's still too many.
Take a minute to list some of the excuses you have given God today, yesterday, or this week. How do they sound to you? Here is the better question, how do you think they sound to Him?

PS... it's a tough pill to swallow I know but it's what stuck out to me in today's reading.