A number of years ago many church youth groups across the country became enchanted with the idea of kissing frogs. Now, parents, don't be alarmed. This wasn't anything like rock star Ozzie Osborne's stunt of biting heads off of bats. In fact, kissing frogs was one of the healthiest ideas to come along in a long time.

The idea, of course, was based on the ancient fairy tale of a handsome prince who had been turned into an ugly frog by a mean witch. The only way he could be turned back into himself was if a beautiful princess kissed him. You remember that little story, don't you?

Now the Christian application is this: There are people who feel like frogs--green, warty, unloved and perhaps unlovable. You can see them sitting around at parties with their heads in their hands, looking rejecte…