Last night at basketball, Rich and I were talking with 2 teenage guys and they were asking us about marriage.  Then one of the guys goes “dude, which one of your wives is hotter?”

I told him “well, Rich is sorta biased towards his wife, and I’m sorta biased towards my wife.”

He goes “man, bring them both in and I’ll decide.”

But it’s not up to him to decide.  It’s not his place.  It’s not his right.  In fact, this way of thinking breaks the heart of God and will ruin the way he views women.

Have you ever heard of Hot or Not?  It’s unbelievable that a site like this actually exists.  Basically, people upload pictures, others vote on who’s hot and who’s not, and then arrange hookups with those who are.  So far they’ve had over 26 million photos uploaded, 12 billion votes, and 68,000 hookups.  It’s completely disgusting.

Here’s why: we have no right to determine who is hot and who is not. Who you are attracted to is very different from those around you.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Another way of saying it: The spouse determines the sexiness.  But let’s take it a step further…

Not only is it not up to you to determine who is hot, it’s also not your place to say that someone is ugly.  Why?  BECAUSE GOD MADE THEM AND LOVES THEM.  They may not be beautiful to you, but they are adored by a man much greater than you will ever be.

When you stare/lust/ogle a ‘gorgeous’ girl, you’re mentally undressing a daughter of the King.

When you write-off/make fun of/ignore an ‘ugly’ girl, you’re rejecting God’s most miraculous creation.

And it doing so, you reject the Creator.

Be honest guys, we treat good-looking girls better than we do the not-so-pretty ones.  It’s wrong.  Besides, if we were truly being men of God and looking them directly in the eyes, we wouldn’t even notice their imperfections. Don’t you dare declare yourself a judge of beauty…that seat does not belong to you. There is only one woman that you can place above all others, and you can’t do that until you get a job and put a ring on her finger.

Stop rejecting your Creator.  You owe Him more than that.  I dare you to treat every woman with the same level of respect, honour, and love that they are due…  you owe it to their Father.