Happy Friday.

Today we are taking up the topic of physical appearance because, well, because the Bible

speaks often about physical appearance.

Scripture contains dozens of references to physical looks, both to attractiveness and

unattractiveness.

Those categories emerge all over the Bible, so there's no need to shy away from this topic.

And we looked at many of those texts when we addressed this topic six years ago back in

the Bible in the Bible.

And since listening to that episode, which became pretty popular, we've gotten several follow-up

questions, including this one from a listener named Sean.

Dear Pastor John, thank you for the 1699.

Why did God make me unattractive?

That episode was excellent.

I wonder though if you could expand on your last paragraph about the beauty of Christ

satisfying us despite the pain of rejection.

In my younger days, I often lamented that I was not better looking, but now I realize

that I would have ruined my life several times over chasing relationships with ungodly

women.

I now see my average attractiveness as a massive spiritual blessing, which protected

me from idols and which drove me deeper into Christ instead of into shallow patterns of

life.

I would not trade that joy for attractiveness in a million years.

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