It's not food that bothers Sam. It's not having anything in his life that he can actually control. His entire life has been laid out for him. As a Christian, he believes this, that the highs and lows are predestined and there is nothing he can really do about them.
He trusts God. He really does. It's just that God has a leg up on him right now. Because God can see everything coming, while Sam totally doesn't have that advantage. Sam can't see anything coming. So, when his family loses their house, when they have to move into a hotel, and Sam has to sell all his stuff, he does it. He considers it all small potatoes, so to speak. They're just possessions. Stuff can be replaced.
But when Stevie and Stacey start having to go hungry, that's when Sam decides to heed that little voice inside himself. That's been bugging him ever since forever. Telling him he's got to stay in shape if he wants to be anything. If he wants to make it as a football player. Or be anybody's first choice.
That night, he skips dinner.
And it goes on from there. Months pass, and they move. His dad gets a job. It's a total answer to prayer. Or so he thinks. Except that the money still isn't enough to buy everything they need.
So, he takes the next step, believing that maybe God's too busy back in Ohio to notice that Sam is about to sell the only thing he's got left. His self-respect. His honor.
Himself.
The End.