{"id":576,"date":"2011-06-27T23:15:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=576"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T13:10:12","slug":"dark-and-handsome-1-samuel-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Dark and handsome (1 Samuel 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”<\/p>\n

It wasn’t that David’s physical appearance was homely. He is actually described in this chapter as “dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes”. But the Lord God of Israel saw something more beautiful on the inside —where only He can see.<\/p>\n

Saul, after all, was not only “dark and handsome”; he stood head and shoulders above his countrymen. Yet he was rejected by the Lord because of his willful disobedience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” It wasn’t that David’s physical appearance was homely. He is actually described in this chapter as “dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes”. But the Lord God of Israel saw something more beautiful on the inside —where only He can see. Saul, after all, … <\/p>\n

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