The Sexiest Man In The World

THE SEXIEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Well, today I saw a headline titled, "The Sexiest Man in the World" and was
not shocked that my name was not mentioned. And the fact I wasn't even on
the runner up list didn't surprise me either. I talked to one of my good
friends, Larry in North Carolina and he said he never made the list either.
Neither one of us even realized that there was a competition for this event.
We both figured that they purposely didn't tell us, because they didn't want
the competition!

Now according to Webster's dictionary, the word Sexy is defined as:
"generally attractive, interesting or appealing." I have to say that the old
axiom, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," is definitely true. I saw a
picture of the guy who won and I don't find him attractive, interesting or
appealing. But then those who know me probably think the same thing and
wonder what my wife sees in me!

You know one of the great things about getting older is that you don't worry
quite as much about how attractive, interesting or appealing other folks
find you. Also, those things you find that attracts interests or appeals to
you have changed. The physical part of people isn't nearly as important as
it once was. You learn that your physical imperfections are part of life, we
all have them. As another saying goes, "those who matter in your life don't
care about your imperfections and those who do care don't matter."

That concept is what makes God's church so appealing in a world that focus'
upon the physical. That's why the Apostle Paul's words in 1 Corinthians
12:12-24 are so encouraging to those of us who didn't win the title of "the
sexiest"! Notice what he says:

12 "The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all
its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jews or
Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the
body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to
the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If
the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them,
just as he wanted them to be.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot
say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are
indispensable,
23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special
honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special
modesty,
24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has
combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts
that lacked it." (NIV)

It may be that you didn't win the title either or even get invited to enter
the competition. You see, that's OK, it really doesn't matter, because you
matter to the one's who really makes a difference, our God in Heaven and his
people here on earth.

God has a place for you. It may not be a place of fame and fortune, but it
is better than any mansion you might own on earth. You see the title you
really want is the one that says, "Child of God."

Russ Lawson